Norman A, Schiffman M
Radiology. 1977 Sep;124(3):779-82. doi: 10.1148/124.3.779.
Patient age plays a significant role in the presentation and clinical behavior of bone cysts. In children, cysts behave more aggressively than in adults and the recurrence rate for patients in the first decade of life is four times that in the adolescent. Simple bone cysts are less frequent after 17 years of age and 80% of cysts in the young are located in the proximal end of the shaft of the humerus and femur. Pathological fractures will call attention to the cyst and the highest incidence of fractures is in childhood (0--10 years).
患者年龄在骨囊肿的表现和临床行为中起着重要作用。在儿童中，囊肿的行为比成人更具侵袭性，10岁前患者的复发率是青少年的四倍。17岁后单纯性骨囊肿较少见，年轻人中80%的囊肿位于肱骨和股骨骨干近端。病理性骨折会使囊肿受到关注，骨折发生率最高的是儿童期（0至10岁）。
