Osifying Fibroma of the Bibia
10.4055/jkoa.1982.17.5.979
- Author:
Chang Soo KANG
;
Young Sik PYUN
;
Sung Won SHON
;
Sun Kwun CHEONG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ossifying fibroma;
Tibia;
Frequent recurrence;
Osteoblast rimming spicule of bone
- MeSH:
Fibroma;
Fibroma, Ossifying;
Fibrous Dysplasia, Monostotic;
Humans;
Jaw;
Male;
Osteoblasts;
Recurrence;
Tibia
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1982;17(5):979-982
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ossifying fibroma is a relatively rare benign primary bone tumor which arises typically within the jaw bones and only rarely affects the long bones. In 1966, Kempson first described ossifying fibroma of the long bones because the lesion has a histologic pattern like the ossifying fibroma of the jaw. This rare lesion resembles monostotic fibrous dysplasia but can be differentiated from it on histologic and clinical grounds. Histologically, ossifying fibroma is characterized by osteoblasts rimming spicules of bone within a fibrous stroma with evidence of lamellar transformation of bone, and clinically by frequent recurrence and aggressive progression of the lesion. Because of its rarity, we present a case of ossifying fibroma which arised in the right tibia of a 34 month old boy.
