Synchronous intracortical adamantinomas with keratin cyst formation

Skeletal Radiol. 2006 Mar;35(3):185-9. doi: 10.1007/s00256-005-0005-0. Epub 2005 Oct 11.

Abstract

Adamantinoma of the long bones is a rare primary bone tumor of uncertain embryogenesis. It tends to involve the tibia almost exclusively. We report on adamantinomas occurring in a 16-year-old male patient, with synchronous tibial and fibular lesions. Histologically, there were characteristic clusters of epithelial cells in a fibrous background, forming a keratin cyst. Immunohistochemically, these cells were strongly positive for cytokeratin. This keratin cyst formation is quite an unusual finding in classic adamantinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adamantinoma / diagnosis*
  • Adamantinoma / pathology
  • Adamantinoma / surgery
  • Adolescent
  • Bone Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Bone Cysts / pathology
  • Bone Cysts / surgery
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fibula / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Keratins / analysis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
  • Tibia / pathology*

Substances

  • Keratins