Fibrous dysplasia

Fibrous dysplasia
Diagnosis in short
Fibrous dysplasia. H&E stain.
LM	woven bone with odd irregular shapes (often described as "chinese characters"), fibrous tissue around bone, no osteoblastic rimming
LM DDx	desmoplastic fibroma, low-grade fibrosarcoma, low-grade central osteosarcoma
Site	bone
Syndromes	McCune-Albright syndrome
Prevalence	uncommon
Prognosis	benign

Fibrous dysplasia, also osteitis fibrosa, is a rare disorder of bone that has a distinctive microscopic appearance.

General

Classification:

• Monostotic - one bone involved, ~80% of cases.
• Polyostotic - several bones involved, ~20% of cases.
  • May be associated with McCune-Albright syndrome.

Microscopic

Features:

• Woven bone with odd irregular shapes - key feature.
  • Described as "chinese characters".
• Fibrous tissue around bone.

Notes:

• No osteoblastic rimming.

DDx:

• Desmoplastic fibroma - has lamellar bone.
• Low grade fibrosarcoma.
• Low-grade central osteosarcoma.

Images

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  Fibrous dysplasia - low mag. (WC/Nephron)

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  Fibrous dysplasia - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)

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  Fibrous dysplasia - high mag. (WC/Nephron)

www:

• Fibrous dysplasia of bone - high mag. (pathologypics.com).
• Fibrous dysplasia of bone - low mag. (pathologypics.com).

See also

• Bone.