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Desmoplastic fibroma. A case report. 1988

P M van Straelen, and R Pool, and U Mennen

Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.

A desmoplastic fibroma occurring in the distal forearm of a 14-year-old black boy is described and the historical background of the tumour together with an outline of the disease emphasizes the differential diagnosis between this condition and other fibrous lesions of soft tissue and bone. The clinical and radiological features as well as the treatment of desmoplastic fibroma are discussed. It is believed that this is the first such patient reported in Africa.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011884	Radius	The outer shorter of the two bones of the FOREARM, lying parallel to the ULNA and partially revolving around it.	Radial Tuberosity,Radial Tuberosities,Tuberosities, Radial,Tuberosity, Radial
D001859	Bone Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer located in bone tissue or specific BONES.	Bone Cancer,Cancer of Bone,Cancer of the Bone,Neoplasms, Bone,Bone Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Bone
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005350	Fibroma	A benign tumor of fibrous or fully developed connective tissue.	Fibromatosis,Fibromyxoma,Myxofibroma,Fibromas,Fibromatoses,Fibromyxomas,Myxofibromas
D005357	Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone	A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex by fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, MONOSTOTIC) or several (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC).	Osteitis Fibrosa Disseminata,Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasia of Bone,Fibrocystic Dysplasia of Bone,Jaffe-Lichtenstein Disease,Bone Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasia,Bone Fibrocartilaginous Dysplasias,Bone Fibrocystic Dysplasia,Bone Fibrocystic Dysplasias,Bone Fibrous Dysplasia,Bone Fibrous Dysplasias,Jaffe Lichtenstein Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths