An atypically located large subchondral cyst in an osteoarthritic hip joint: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Faik Altıntaş²  Ferda Özkan¹  Onur Kocadal²  Turhan Özler²  Melih Güven² 

[1] Department of Pathology, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey;Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

关键词: Tumor;    Subchondral cyst;    Soft tissue;    Osteoarthritis;    Hip;   

Others  :  1181143
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-1947-7-176

 received in 2012-12-31, accepted in 2013-05-15,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Introduction

Osteoarthritic subchondral cysts within or around the hip joint can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from primary osseous and soft tissue tumors due to their radiological appearance and uncommon location.

Case presentation

We report the case of a 74-year-old Turkish man with a subchondral cyst arising from the hip joint, eroding the acetabulum and located on the medial side of the iliac bone, which imitated a soft tissue tumor. This cystic lesion was resected and the results of histopathological analysis of tissue samples were found to be consistent with an osteoarthritic cyst.

Conclusions

The present case illustrates how an osteoarthritic subchondral cyst can grow into the soft tissue planes in the presence of destruction of the articular cartilage and subchondral bone continuity, and present as an apparent soft tissue tumor.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Güven et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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