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Imaging of Non-ossifying Fibromas: A Case Series

Non-ossifying fibromas (NOFs) are common lesions most frequently found in the growing bones of children and adolescents. Although NOFs are benign, their presence as incidental findings often triggers further investigation as they are sometimes mistaken for more sinister bone lesions such as aneurysm...

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Autores principales: Rammanohar, Jashmitha, Zhang, Chen, Thahir, Azeem, Krkovic, Matjia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8075760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33927919
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14102
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author Rammanohar, Jashmitha
Zhang, Chen
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description Non-ossifying fibromas (NOFs) are common lesions most frequently found in the growing bones of children and adolescents. Although NOFs are benign, their presence as incidental findings often triggers further investigation as they are sometimes mistaken for more sinister bone lesions such as aneurysmal bone cysts. NOFs can also pose an increased risk of pathological fractures. However, there are currently no guidelines on the follow-up of NOFs. We present a case series of five patients from Addenbrooke’s Hospital with NOFs illustrating their morphological features on plain radiographs and highlighting specific characteristics to support clinicians in diagnosing and managing NOFs.
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spelling pubmed-80757602021-04-28 Imaging of Non-ossifying Fibromas: A Case Series Rammanohar, Jashmitha Zhang, Chen Thahir, Azeem Krkovic, Matjia Cureus Pediatrics Non-ossifying fibromas (NOFs) are common lesions most frequently found in the growing bones of children and adolescents. Although NOFs are benign, their presence as incidental findings often triggers further investigation as they are sometimes mistaken for more sinister bone lesions such as aneurysmal bone cysts. NOFs can also pose an increased risk of pathological fractures. However, there are currently no guidelines on the follow-up of NOFs. We present a case series of five patients from Addenbrooke’s Hospital with NOFs illustrating their morphological features on plain radiographs and highlighting specific characteristics to support clinicians in diagnosing and managing NOFs. Cureus 2021-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8075760/ /pubmed/33927919 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14102 Text en Copyright © 2021, Rammanohar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Rammanohar, Jashmitha
Zhang, Chen
Thahir, Azeem
Krkovic, Matjia
Imaging of Non-ossifying Fibromas: A Case Series
title Imaging of Non-ossifying Fibromas: A Case Series
title_full Imaging of Non-ossifying Fibromas: A Case Series
title_fullStr Imaging of Non-ossifying Fibromas: A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Imaging of Non-ossifying Fibromas: A Case Series
title_short Imaging of Non-ossifying Fibromas: A Case Series
title_sort imaging of non-ossifying fibromas: a case series
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8075760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33927919
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14102
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