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=Others=
=Others=
The following is a collection of weird stuffs.
The following is a collection of stuff that doesn't really fit in another category or is just weird.
 
==Aneurysmal bone cyst==
*Abbreviated ''ABC''.
 
===General===
Features:<ref name=emed_abc>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1254784-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1254784-overview]. Accessed on: 4 February 2011.</ref>
*Benign.
**May grow rapidly.
*Osteolysis -> cystic space -> filled with blood.
*Relatively common; in children second only to osteosarcoma.<ref>{{cite journal |author=van den Berg H, Kroon HM, Slaar A, Hogendoorn P |title=Incidence of biopsy-proven bone tumors in children: a report based on the Dutch pathology registration "PALGA" |journal=J Pediatr Orthop |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=29–35 |year=2008 |pmid=18157043 |doi=10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181558cb5 |url=}}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=emed_abc/>
*Bony trabeculae or osteoid tissue.
*Osteoclast giant cells.
 
DDx:
*[[Giant cell tumour]].
*Telangiectatic [[osteosarcoma]].


==Myositis ossificans==
==Myositis ossificans==
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