Solitary calcaneal bone cyst in children]

The author presents results of treatment 10 children with calcaneal bone cyst. The mean age in the time of diagnosis was 13.5 years (10-18 years). The mean follow-up was 23.7 months (12-48 months). 4 children complained of heel pain; the rest were asymptomatic. In one child the cyst was large, filled nearly all bone. The rest were typically localized in the antero-middle part of the calcaneus. Steroid injection in one patient failed. All the patient were treated with curettage and bone grafting. The results were good--all the cysts healed. Curretage and bone grafting is indicated in the cases when cyst is large (more than half of the bone), when is localized in the posterior weight-bearing part of the calcaneus, when is painful or the radiograph is not typical.