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Bone cyst, simple

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A solitary fluid-filled cyst (cavity) in a bone, usually in the shaft of a long bone, especially the humerus, in a child.

The cyst can cause pain in or near it.

Also called a unicameral bone cyst or solitary bone cyst

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