RADIOGRAPHIC AND HISTOLOGIC PATTERNS OF CALCIFICATION IN CHONDROMYXOID FIBROMA

Citation
T. Yamaguchi et Hd. Dorfman, RADIOGRAPHIC AND HISTOLOGIC PATTERNS OF CALCIFICATION IN CHONDROMYXOID FIBROMA, Skeletal radiology, 27(10), 1998, pp. 559-564
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
ISSN journal
03642348
Volume
27
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
559 - 564
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-2348(1998)27:10<559:RAHPOC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Objective. To evaluate the frequency of radiologic and histologic mani festations of matrix calcification in chondromyxoid fibromas. Patients . Forty-four cases of chondromyxoid fibroma were reviewed. The age ran ge of the patients was 3-70 years (average 29 years). Results. Calcifi cation was found microscopically in 15 cases (34.1%). In five cases (1 2.5%) it was demonstrated on plain films or CT. The age range of the p atients with microscopic evidence of calcified matrix was 14-70 years (mean 46 years), while that of the patients with noncalcified lesions was 3-59 years (average 21 years). All but two of the patients who sho wed microscopic calcification in the tumors were over 40 years of age. Four microscopic patterns of calcification were observed: coarse gran ular, circumscribed, trabecular, and ''chicken-wire.'' Conclusions. Ca lcification in chondromyxoid fibroma was found more frequently than in previously reported studies. There was a tendency for this phenomenon to occur in the tumors of older patients, particularly those over 40 years old, and in chondromyxoid fibromas situated in flat bones, inclu ding ribs.