Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle
Open Access

Case Report

Aneurysmal Bone Cyst in a Phalanx of a Toe

¹Gentofte Hospital, Ortopædkirurgisk Afdeling, Klinik for håndkirurgi, Kildegårdsvej 28, Denmark

²Jens Kurt Johansen, Sjællands Universitets Hospital Køge, Fod-ankelsektionen, Ortopædkirurgisk afdeling, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge, Denmark

*Corresponding Author:

Jens-Christian Vedel
Gentofte Hospital
Ortopædkirurgisk Afdeling
Klinik for håndkirurgi, Kildegårdsvej 28, Denmark
Tel: +45 22153617
Email: vedel_jens@yahoo.dk

Received date: November 15, 2016; Accepted date: November 26, 2016; Published date: November 30, 2016

Citation: Vedel JC, Johansen JK (2016) Aneurysmal Bone Cyst in a Phalanx of a Toe. Clin Res Foot Ankle 4:219. doi:10.4172/2329-910X. 1000219

Copyright: © 2016 Vedel JC, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Aneurysmal bone cysts are a benign tumor of the bone, most commonly seen in the tibia, femur, spine and humerus. Cases of aneurysmal bone cysts in the foot, although rare, have been reported several times. To our knowledge, no case of aneurysmal bone cysts in the phalanx of a toe has been reported. We report a case of a primary benign bone tumor in the distal phalanx of the first toe in a 25-year-old male who presented with swelling and pain localized to the distal portion of his left first toe fourteen months ago. En bloc resection was performed, and subsequent microscopy revealed aneurysmal bone cyst.