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While most ABCs occur as primary lesions, there is an entity of secondary (reactive) ABC following osseous lesions such as fractures. We report a rare case of a secondary aneurysmal bone cyst of the distal radius following a distal radius fracture 4 years prior, with subsequent treatment and reconstruction. Methods: A 67-year-old female patient presented with a pathologic distal forearm fracture with radiologically expansive lytic bone lesion of the metaphysis of the distal radius, suspicious of an ABC. A biopsy and primary fracture management with an external fixator were performed due to the unclear dignity of the lesion. The diagnosis of an ABC was confirmed in the biopsy. The tumor resection and reconstruction were performed with a vascularized free fibula graft (ipsilateral, double barrel), using patient-specific 3D-printed osteotomy templates. Results: Follow-up radiographs showed excellent bone union with progressive remodeling. The functional outcome was very good with almost the same range of motion and grip strength as the contralateral side. No limitation in everyday life and no donor site morbidity was reported. Conclusions: ABC is a rare benign bone tumor the treatment of which consists of complete resection and reconstruction. Reconstruction of the distal radius can be achieved with a fibula graft. In our case, an excellent result was achieved with patient-specific osteotomy templates. Only a few cases of ABC in the distal radius and at this age have been reported; nevertheless, it should be considered as a differential diagnosis for osteolytic bone lesions<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15051857","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,2]],"date-time":"2026-03-02T10:24:34Z","timestamp":1772447074000},"page":"1857","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["3D-Planned, Patient-Specific Distal Radius Reconstruction with a Vascularized Double-Barrel Free Fibular Graft After Secondary Aneurysmal Bone Cyst"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Bita","family":"Kallenbach","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4743-5082","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Philipp","family":"Honigmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland"},{"name":"Medical Additive Manufacturing Research Group (MAM), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland"},{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, 1105 Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1726-8794","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Martin","family":"Haug","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic, and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Keller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland"},{"name":"Medical Additive Manufacturing Research Group (MAM), Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland"},{"name":"Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Traumatology and Hand Surgery, Spital Limmattal, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"23","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clinimag.2020.01.022","article-title":"Secondary aneurysmal bone cysts and associated primary lesions: Imaging features of 49 cases","volume":"62","author":"Gutierrez","year":"2020","journal-title":"Clin. 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