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ArticleSurgical neurology international2026

Management of spinal aneurysmal bone cyst: A case report.

Abdulrahman Khalid Alotaibi, Faisal Turki Muzian, Alaa Nabil Turkistani, Alaa Samkari, Abdulhadi Yahya Algahtani

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Abdulrahman Khalid AlotaibiCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal Turki MuzianCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Alaa Nabil TurkistaniDepartment of Neurosciences, Neurosurgery Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Alaa SamkariKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulhadi Yahya AlgahtaniCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

Background: Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are reactive, proliferative, and highly vascular benign osseous lesions. They are very rare, and present significant diagnostic and treatment challenges. Case Description: For three months, an 18-year-old male developed progressive low back pain and mid-low back swelling. The computed tomography (CT) scan showed a mass invading the L1 vertebral body and right pedicle. The Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) documented a complex cystic, osteolytic lesion measuring 7 cm × 7.7 cm × 5 cm that displaced the thecal sac to the left. After the biopsy confirmed an ABC, the patient underwent pre-operative embolization that reduced the vascularity by 80%; this was succeeded by Conclusion: ABCs rarely occur in the lumbar spine. The diagnosis should be established and confirmed utilizing both MR and CT studies. Biopsy should be followed by embolization (i.e., if appropriate), and gross total surgical resection with fusion if warranted.

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Aneurysmal bone cystEmbolizationLumbar spineResection

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PMCPMC13054339

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