M. Clayer et al., GROWTH DISTURBANCES ASSOCIATED WITH UNTREATED BENIGN BONE-CYSTS, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 67(12), 1997, pp. 872-873
Background: The occurrence of benign bone cysts adjacent to an active
physis may be associated with a physeal arrest. That arrest may result
from physeal penetration of the cysts itself secondary pathologic fra
cture or the result of surgical curettage. Methods: The pre-treatment
X-rays of patients attending the Bone Tumor Clinic at the Children's H
ospital and Medical Center were reviewed. Those patients presenting wi
th a bone cyst were identified and the affected side was compared to t
he normal side in order to determine growth discrepancies. Results: Th
ree cases of benign bone cysts are presented that were located adjacen
t to a growing physis and produced growth disturbance in th absence of
surgical intervention. Conclusions: The risk of growth disturbance in
itself should not be a contraindication to surgical intervention.