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Desmoplastic fibroma of bone is a very rare benign tumor, which may be locally aggressive. In contrast to the well-documented radiological appearance, the literature on MR imaging features of this tumor is scarce. The MR imaging characteristics in our case are compared to those previously reported. Although there is a considerable overlap in the MR imaging features with other bone tumors, an interesting MR feature of desmoplastic fibroma is the presence of low to intermediate signal intensity foci on T2-weighted images, which radiographically does not correspond to calcifications. This feature may help narrow the differential diagnosis.
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Received: 24 May 1999 Revision requested: 30 June 1999 Revision received: 8 October 1999 Accepted: 14 October 1999
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Vanhoenacker, F., Hauben, E., De Beuckeleer, L. et al. Desmoplastic fibroma of bone: MRI features . Skeletal Radiol 29, 171–175 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050589
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050589