Desmoplastic fibroma as a rare bone tumor
Meerbach, W.
Zentralblatt für Allgemeine Pathologie U. Pathologische Anatomie 133(3): 243-248
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4030 PMID: 3630432 Document Number: 299734
A desmoplastic fibroma of the left humerus with a pathological fracture in a 9-year-old girl is presented. The postoperative course was uncomplicated: no recidivism occurred. The histological picture of this rare bone tumor (76 similar cases were reported in the literature) is identical both with aggressive fibromatosis and with the desmoid tumor. It contains areas with abundant collagen fibers and densely packed areas composed of fibrocytes, fibroblasts as well as myofibroblasts. Myofilaments have been detected by electron microscopy in the latter cell type.