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What to do if i have non-ossifying fibroma in the right arm from my shoulder to my elbow. i am 42 years young. does anyone know what this is?

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Follow: A nonossifying fibroma or fibroxanthoma is a fibrous bone lesion usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally on x-ray. It is considered a developmental disorder of growing bone. It originates from the growth plate, located near the metaphysis and diaphysis of long bones.. No treatment needed in asymptomatic patients . Spontaneous remission frequent. When symptomatic a Tikhoff Lindberg procedure replaces the humerus with a prosthesis while preserving the neurovascular pedicle.

Answered 11/30/2014

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