Head & Face Medicine (Nov 2009)

Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible - review of the literature and presentation of a rare case

  • Engers Rainer,
  • Kübler Norbert R,
  • Depprich Rita A,
  • Zimmermann André C,
  • Schneider Michael,
  • Naujoks Christian D,
  • Handschel Jörg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-5-25
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
p. 25

Abstract

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Abstract Desmoplastic fibroma (DF) is a rare, benign but locally aggressive, intraosseous lesion with a high tendency of local recurrence. In this report the actual literature is reviewed regarding epidemiological data, pathology, clinical diagnostic criterias, therapy and prognosis. Moreover, a report of an interesting case is included localized in the mandibular corpus.