Allograft bone in the treatment of desmoplastic fibroma. A case report.

Abstract

A 17-year-old girl had a desmoplastic fibroma of the distal femur. This rare tumor is managed by surgery alone and requires a marginal to wide resection because of its high risk of local recurrence. Had the tumor invaded into the epiphysis and marginal resection, it would have resulted in loss of articular femoral condyle. It was treated by en bloc proximal resection with distal intralesional curettage and anatomic specific allograft femoral replacement. There was no recurrence of the tumor three years after surgery, and function was excellent.

• Authors: M Clayer, R Oakeshott
• Journal: Clinical orthopaedics and related research (Clin Orthop Relat Res) Issue 300 Pg. 219-24 (Mar 1994) ISSN: 0009-921X [Print] United States
• PMID: 8131339 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Technetium Tc 99m Medronate

Topics

• Adolescent
• Bone Transplantation (methods)
• Female
• Femoral Neoplasms (diagnosis, surgery)
• Fibroma, Desmoplastic (diagnosis, surgery)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Transplantation, Homologous