DESMOPLASTIC FIBROMA OF THE CALCANEUS TREATED WITH A MICROVASCULAR BONE GRAFT: Case report

A calcaneal desmoplastic fibroma in a 24-year-old woman had previously been treated with repeated curettage and bone grafting. Because of a larger recurrence a microvascular bone reconstruction was carried out using an osteofascial radial forearm flap. She could walk without pain in one year. It has...

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Published inScandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 111 - 116
Main Author Timo K. Raatikainen, Outi I. Kaarela, Teddy Holmström, Atte P. Kyllönen, Harri E. Teerikangas, Timo H. Waris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basingstoke Informa UK Ltd 1999
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Neoplasms - surgery
Bone Transplantation
Calcaneus
Curettage
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Fibroma, Desmoplastic - surgery
Humans
Medical sciences
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery
Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton
Recurrence
Osteoplastic flap
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Fibroma
Calcaneum
Result
Histopathology
Surgery
Blood vessel
Microsurgery
Female
Graft
Upper limb
Benign neoplasm
Diagnosis
Human
Reconstruction
Radiodiagnosis
Plastic surgery
Case study
Radiography
Pathology
Treatment
Young adult
Technique
Fascia
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Summary:A calcaneal desmoplastic fibroma in a 24-year-old woman had previously been treated with repeated curettage and bone grafting. Because of a larger recurrence a microvascular bone reconstruction was carried out using an osteofascial radial forearm flap. She could walk without pain in one year. It has not recurred during a five-year follow-up period.
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ISSN:0284-4311
1651-2073
DOI:10.1080/02844319950159712