Do bone cysts hurt?

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asked Apr 24, 2022 in Diseases Conditions by 78777yuys (2,570 points)
Do bone cysts hurt?

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answered Apr 24, 2022 by AngieSmit (24,390 points)
Bone cysts do not usually hurt or cause any pain.

Bone cysts are fluid-filled holes that develop inside of bones.

They're a type of harmless (benign) bone tumor that isn't serious and some get better on their own.

They're not the same as bone cancer and they don't spread.

They usually don't cause any symptoms, but you can get pain and swelling from them.

Bone cysts develop when the fluid does not drain properly as the bone is growing and they may be caused by a problem with the blood vessels in a bone (possibly due to an injury or a non-cancerous growth).

Bone cysts can be hereditary and you can likely get bone cysts through a predisposing genetic defect.

Latent ones are located away from growth plates and are less threatening to bone development.

Aneurysmal bone cysts: An aneurysmal bone cyst is one that's formed by several blood-filled sacs within a bone.

These cysts are significantly more rare, representing only 1% of all bone tumor cases.

Bone cysts do eventually go away on their own.

The bone cyst typically goes away within 3 to 6 months without treatment.

Bone cysts are not dangerous unless they are the cancerous type.

The good news is though that most bone cysts are not cancerous and go away on their own.

A cyst on a bone which is also known as a bone cyst are fluid filled holes that develop inside of bones.

Bone cysts are not harmful and are harmless (benign) bone tumor that isn't serious and some get better on their own.

A non-cancerous (benign) condition of the bone is a change to bone cells, but it is not cancer.

Non-cancerous conditions do not spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body and are not usually life-threatening.

Bone cysts are the most common non-cancerous condition of the bone.

A unicameral, or simple, bone cyst is a common, benign (noncancerous) bone tumor that primarily occurs in children and adolescents.

Most often bone cysts resolve with time.

Repeated X-rays are usually done to make sure the cyst is getting smaller. If a pathologic fracture occurs, the cyst may need to be surgically cleaned and then packed with bone graft to fill in the bone and encourage bone healing.

The best test to determine whether a cyst or tumor is benign or malignant is a biopsy.

This procedure involves removing a sample of the affected tissue or, in some cases, the entire suspicious area and studying it under a microscope.

A cyst is a sac or capsule that's filled with tissue, fluid, air, or other material.

A tumor is usually a solid mass of tissue.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 5 to 10 percent of women have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst, but only 13 to 21 percent of those are cancerous.

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