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* Located at the craniofacial bones, ribs, and proximal femur
* Located at the craniofacial bones, ribs, and proximal femur


* Ground-glass matrix
* Completely lucent or bubbly cystic expansile benign lesion
* Well circumscribed with no periosteal reaction


* Fibrocellular matrix of immature collagen  
* Fibrocellular matrix of immature collagen  

Revision as of 14:57, 24 November 2015

  • 10-20 yo patients
  • Asymptomatic incidental finding on imaging studies
  • Facial asymmetry, rib deformities, and leg-length discrepancy as late complication
  • Located at the craniofacial bones, ribs, and proximal femur
  • Ground-glass matrix
  • Completely lucent or bubbly cystic expansile benign lesion
  • Well circumscribed with no periosteal reaction
  • Fibrocellular matrix of immature collagen
  • Contains small irregularly shaped trabeculae of woven bone
  • "Chinese characters" appearance
  • Trabeculae not rimmed by osteoblasts
  • Cartilaginous islands
  • GNAS1 gene 10