Aneurysmal bone cyst of the lateral end of clavicle in a twelfth year old girl : case study

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Introduction: An aneurysmal bone cyst are enigmatic lesion of unknown cause and presentation and are difficult to distinguish from other lesions, it is a benign, but expansible tumor like lesion that generally occurs in the long bones.

An aneurysmal bone cyst arising from the flat bone like clavicle is rare .

Case presentation: We report a 12-year-old girl child with an aneurysmal bone cyst of the lateral third of left clavicle treated with enblock resection.

The pathologic findings confirmed the diagnosis of aneurysmal bone cyst.

The patient has been followed up for one year with no evidence of recurrence .

Conclusion: En bloc resection can be curative and provide good results for this rare type of clavicle tumour.