Desmoplastic fibroma
RARE BONE TUMOR CHARACTERIZED BY ABUNDANT COLLAGEN FORMATION AND A FIBROUS STROMA, WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF MITOSIS OR PLEOMORPHISM
Desmoplastic; Desmoplasmic fibroma; Fibroma, desmoplastic
In medicine, a desmoplastic fibroma is a benign, but locally aggressive, fibrous and rare tumor of the bone, affecting children and young adults, potentially resulting in cortical bone destruction. It usually affects craniofacial bones, mandible most frequently, long bones (metaphyseal femur, tibia, humerus).