Bone cyst of a fishy origin: from an old catfish spine puncture wound to the foot.

J Foot Ankle Surg

Department of Orthopaedics, Podiatry Section, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Houston, USA.

Published: April 1999

A rare first metatarsal unicameral-type bone cyst with a deceptive radiographic appearance and size and an unusual pathological etiology was identified in a female patient. This eccentric cyst was observed only postoperatively by radiograph. Review of the patient's history documented a foot injury from a catfish spine as the etiology of this chronically inflamed cyst.

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