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

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. © 2009 Schneider et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.