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Case Reports
. 2021 Nov 30;2021(11):rjab507.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab507. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Simple bone cyst of spinal vertebrae: two case reports and literature review

Saeid Safaei  1 , Mirbahador Athari  2 , Parisa Azimi  3 , Ahmadreza Mirbolook  2 , Taravat Yazdanian  4 , Farhad Hamzehzadeh  5
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Case Reports

Simple bone cyst of spinal vertebrae: two case reports and literature review

Saeid Safaei et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Simple bone cyst (SBC) is not a common lesion in the spine and especially in the vertebral body. We intend to report two cases of SBC located in the vertebral body, and review the literature. Two cases include a 24 year-old male and 26 year-old male with vertebral body lesion of T12 and L5 vertebrae,retrospectively. Both lesions were found to be SBC and confirmed by pathology. Both cases were managed with surgery, the cavity was filled with bone graft and posterior spinal fusion and instrumentation with pedicle screws, and rods were carried out. There was no recurrence. There have been 21 cases of SBCs in English literature, and only 8 cases have been reported in the vertebral body. SBC is a rare benign lesion in the spine and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis when suggested by radiologic investigations.

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Case 1, (A): Anterior–posterior; (B): Lateral pre-operative X-ray.
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Case 1, Axial CT scan of twelfth thoracic spine vertebrae.
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Case 1, (A): Axial T2-weighted MR image of twelfth thoracic spine vertebrae; (B): Sagittal T2-weightedimages of thoracic spine vertebrae.
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Case 1, Post-operative X-ray.
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Case 1, Histopathological examination of the patient.
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Case 2, Pre-operative X-ray.
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Case 2, CT- scan of L5 vertebrae.
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Case 2, Sagittal T2-weighted and T1-weighted MR images of lumbar vertebrae show the body and homogeneous cystic lesion of L5.
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Case 2, Post-operative X-ray.
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