title: Fibrous lesions of bones.
abstract: A large variety of benign and malignant fibrous lesions occur in the skeleton. Many fibrous bone lesions have characteristic features on plain radiographs and are easy to diagnose; others may pose significant difficulty. Most often, an osteolytic defect is seen associated with a fibrous lesion in the affected bone, although a mixed and sclerotic fibrous bone lesion is not unusual. Many benign fibrous bone lesions are asymptomatic; others become clinically apparent because of associated pathologic fracture or deformity of the involved bone. Malignant fibrous lesions tend to be aggressive, with focal bone destruction and adjacent soft-tissue involvement. The authors describe many fibrous bone lesions with their salient clinical and radiographic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550-2774.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Madewell
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lindell
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Swischuk
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis