title: Desmoplastic fibroma. Aggressive curettage as a surgical alternative for treatment.
abstract: In this article, the authors present 5 patients with desmoplastic fibroma and review the literature. Four patients had aggressive curettage with bone graft, and 1 had aggressive curettage alone. Although the literature reports that many patients have recurrence after curettage, there have been no recurrences in these 5 patients during followup periods ranging from 5 years 6 months to 9 years. Although wide excision has been recommended in the literature, treatment with aggressive curettage achieved clinical and radiographic control of the lesions for at least an intermediate duration of followup.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inomata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ehara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003475:Curettage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D018220:Fibroma, Desmoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous