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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Release Combined with Corticosteroid Injection for the Treatment of Supinator Syndrome
Published on: May 26, 2023
A bone cyst treated with corticosteroid installation in an osteopetrotic child
Zaid Al-Aubaidi1, Niels Wisbech Pedersen
1Department of Orthopaedics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. zaubaidi@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Bone cysts in patients suffering from osteopetrosis are uncommon. A pathologic fracture might cause therapeutic difficulties because of the osteosclerotic bone. We describe a patient with an autosomal dominant osteopetrosis suffering from a large bone cyst in the proximal femur. The cyst was treated with local injections of corticosteroid and healed completely after 2 injections. To our knowledge, this is the first time that the occurrence of bone cysts has been reported in osteopetrotic patients, which responds effectively and lastingly to steroid injection.
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