ANEURYSMAL BONE-CYSTS IN CHILDREN

We analysed local recurrences in young children with aneurysmal bone c ysts. Nine were boys and five were girls, aged 10 years or less. The s ites of the lesions were distributed as follows: five femurs, four hum erus, two tibia, one sacrum, one thoracic spine and one pubis. After i ntensive curettage, five patients underwent cementation and five patie nts bone grafting. Four patients underwent resection of the lesion, No patients received irradiation, One of the five patients who underwent cementation had a relapse and the lesion was controlled after the sec ond curettage and cementation, One of the five patients who underwent bone grafting had a relapse, and he relapsed again after the second cu rettage and bone graft; finally his disease was controlled by resectio n of the lesion and bone grafting, After 55 months (median) of follow- up, all patients were disease-free. The local recurrence rate of aneur ysmal bone cysts in children was not high in this hospital.