Abstract
Desmoplastic fibroma of bone has been described as a rare, locally aggressive, benign lesion that histologically resembles a desmoid tumour of the soft tissue. It was initially described in 1958 by Jaffe, who separated it as a distinct entity from other intraosseous fibrous tumours. Since his original description, a number of small series and case reports have brought the total number of published cases to approximately 150. In a review by Crim et al, [1] the mandible accounted for 30 cases of a total of 114 cases reviewed for desmoplastic fibroma involving various bones. Mandibular involvement is reported to be approximately 40% of the various bony sites. Since Griffith and Irby [2] in 1965, first reported a case in the jaw, numerous individual cases have appeared in the literature. The histological appearance of the desmoplastic fibroma is identical to that of the extra-osseous desmoid, although the fibroma is infiltrative, there are no mitoses or nuclear atypia.
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