Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal  2011;7(4):1-3

Pelvic aneurysmal bone cyst

Sharifah MIA* ; Nor Hazla MH ; Suraya A ; Tan SP

Keywords

Aneurysmal bone cyst; Ilium; Pelvic bone

Country

Malaysia

Language

English

Abstract

This paper describes an extremely rare case of a huge aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) in the pelvis, occurring in the patient’s 5th decade of life. The patient presented with a history of painless huge pelvic mass for 10 years. Plain radiograph and computed tomography showed huge expansile lytic lesion arising from the right iliac bone. A biopsy was performed and histology confirmed diagnosis of aneurysmal bone cyst. Unfortunately, the patient succumbed to profuse bleeding from the tumour.