Week 145: Case 3

1. Presented by Edward McCarthy, M.D. and prepared by Sharon Swierczynski, M.D., Ph.D.

A 21 year-old man had a painful swelling in his hand for 6 months. A radiograph demonstrated an expansile lytic lesion in the proximal portion of a metacarpal. This lesion was curetted.

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