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'''Osteofibrous dysplasia''', also known as '''congenital osteitis fibrosa''', is a rare benign condition that afflicits the bones of the leg (fibula, tibia).
'''Osteofibrous dysplasia''' is a rare benign condition that afflicits the long bones.<ref name=pmid1563159>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wang | first1 = JW. | last2 = Shih | first2 = CH. | last3 = Chen | first3 = WJ. | title = Osteofibrous dysplasia (ossifying fibroma of long bones). A report of four cases and review of the literature. | journal = Clin Orthop Relat Res | volume =  | issue = 278 | pages = 235-43 | month = May | year = 1992 | doi =  | PMID = 1563159 }}</ref>
 
It is also known as '''ossifying fibroma of long bones'''<ref name=pmid1563159> and '''congenital osteitis fibrosa'''.


==General==  
==General==  
Features:<ref>{{Cite web  | last =  | first =  | title = http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/ortho/tumorarticles/osteofibrousdysplasiaandadamantinoma.pdf | url = http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/ortho/tumorarticles/osteofibrousdysplasiaandadamantinoma.pdf | publisher =  | date =  | accessdate = 18 October 2014 }}</ref>
Features:<ref>{{Cite web  | last =  | first =  | title = http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/ortho/tumorarticles/osteofibrousdysplasiaandadamantinoma.pdf | url = http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/ortho/tumorarticles/osteofibrousdysplasiaandadamantinoma.pdf | publisher =  | date =  | accessdate = 18 October 2014 }}</ref>
*Rare, benign fibro-osseous lesion.
*Benign fibro-osseous lesion.
*Rare.<ref name=pmid1563159/>


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