Fibrous cortical defect/nonossifying fibroma
Fibrous cortical defect/nonossifying fibroma
Updated: 07/01/2023
© Jun Wang,
MD, PhD
General features
- AKA metaphyseal fibrous defect
- Often less than 1 cm
- Called nonossifying fibroma if loose, > 5 cm and associated with intramedullary component
- Affects teenagers
- Usually resolves in a few years, replaced by cortical bone
- Likely to be multiple
Clinical presentations
- Usually incidental finding
- Asymptomatic, possibly pain
Pathogenesis
- Unclear, probably developmental defect
Most common sites
- Metaphysis of distal femur, tibia
Key radiologic findings
- Sharply demarcated radiolucency with zone of sclerosis
- NO periosteal reaction
Key morphological features
- Loose storiform pattern spindle cell proliferation
- Scattered giant cells
Treatment
- Surgery
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