title: Desmoplastic fibroma of ulna: Excision and reconstruction of olecranon with a fibular graft.
abstract: Desmoplastic fibroma is a rare, well differentiated, locally aggressive fibrous tumor usually arising from soft tissues, and rarely from bones. Involvement of forearm bones is extremely unusual. We present a large desmoplastic fibroma of right ulna in a 15-year-old male. The tumor was excised with a wide margin, and the bony defect was reconstructed with nonvascular autologous fibular graft. Reconstruction of the olecranon process was attempted using the fibular head and the remaining olecranon. At 2-years followup, there was no recurrence, flexion extension arc of the elbow joint was 40°-130° and there was no restriction of activities of daily living.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Shishir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.forename: Sujit K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tripathy
keywords: Autologous fibular graft; desmoplastic fibroma; tumor reconstruction