Desmoplastic fibroma.
This benign bone tumor is locally invasive and has a high rate of recurrence. Three-quarters of cases present before age 30. The characteristic plain film finding is a centrally located lytic lesion, usually in the metaphysis or metadiaphyseal region of a long bone. Treatment is surgical.
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed