title: Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible: case report.
abstract: This report describes the case of a 2-year-old girl with desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible, with swelling in the region of the mandibular angle which had been wrongly diagnosed several times. A biopsy was interpreted as showing a low-grade fibrosarcoma. The patient then received treatment with cytotoxic drugs, and later a mandibular hemi-resection was performed. The postoperative diagnosis was Jaffé's desmoplastic fibroma (non-osteogenic). The age of the patient, the rapid development of the tumour and the accompanying pain suggested a sarcoma, and the first pathological examination seemed to provide confirmation. The post-operative course was very favorable, and the patient is considered to clinically cured, after one year.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*