Desmoplastic fibroma
| Desmoplastic fibroma | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-O | M8823/1 |
| DiseasesDB | 32871 |
| MeSH | D018220 |
In medicine, a desmoplastic fibroma is a benign fibrous tumor of bone, affecting children and young adults, potentially resulting in cortical bone destruction.[1]
It can also occur in the hand.[2]
A famous occurrence of this particular form of the disease involved Italo-Australian Riccardo Torresan in 2011, with 18 cm of femur needing to be removed with the now widely recognized method of "aggressive curettage" being employed.[3]
References
- ↑ Mondofacto online medical dictionary - definition of desmoplastic fibroma 05 Mar 2000
- ↑ Bernstein ML, Chung KC (October 2008). "Desmoplastic fibroma of the hand: case report". J Hand Surg [Am] 33 (8): 1405–8. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.03.005. PMID 18929210.
- ↑ http://www.bonetumor.org/tumors-fibrous-tissue/desmoplastic-fibroma
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