What is fibroma of bone, is there a danger of rebirth?

Fibroma – a tumor-like benign neoplasm composed of fibrous and connective tissue, it grows slowly. Can be isolated and only sometimes forms in the plural, then it is advisable to talk about the fibromatosis.

The etiology of the disease is not currently established with certainty, but we can say that factors affecting the occurrence of fibroids can be the following:

• Heredity.
• Injury and postoperative scars.
• Inflammatory disease.
• Hormonal failures due to infection of the organism protozoa – these clusters encourage the growth of fibroid tumors.
• Pregnancy as a cause of the rising levels of estrogen and progesterone, stimulating tumor growth.
• Long-term use of beta-blockers, these drugs affect the structure of the fibrous tissue.

To form fibroids may be in different places of the body – bones, skin, feet, head, the wall of the uterus, etc. fibroma Grows slowly and the danger to life is not, although there is little probability of its degeneration in the case that is desmoid fibroma. Treatment fibroids surgical, is assigned to the case, if fibroids gives pain, discomfort, cosmetic defect.

Fibroma occurs most often in aged people, although some varieties, such as, fibroma bones, occur in children and adolescents.

Fibroids are classified by location and the structure of its constituent elements.

Types of fibroids

Fibroma of the skin – solid in the form of dense growth with a broad base, flesh colored, and soft, in the shape of a pouch on a thin stalk, red-brown color, found in the area of postoperative scar. Skin fibroma is most often formed on the sole of the foot, causing pain due to pressure when walking.

Fibroma of the soft tissues – neoplasm of muscle tissue, e.g., uterine wall, or other muscles of the body. A long time may not show symptoms.

Fibroma of the joints and cartilage, or chondromyxoid fibroma. A rare type of tumor, with a cartilage tissue in the structure. Growing in the joints, often the knee. Appears dull pain in the joint, prone to recurrence and malignancy.

Fibroma of the bone, otherwise known as positioneda affects the tubular bones of the feet occurs, usually in childhood. Fibroma of the femur is a long time not seen clinically, can sometimes be unexpressed pain in the area of localization. Due to the growth of fibroids bone bone becomes thinner and there is a risk of pathological fracture.

Fibroma of the bone, its manifestations and consequences

There are several types of bone fibroids.

Positioneda fibroids, most often detected during x-ray examination, in case of a fracture or the pain in the legs of unknown etiology. In the picture you can see the sparse fabric of the bone, externally, looks like a fibroma, the tumor with reactive bone at the borders. Structurally consists of a cluster of fibroblasts, lipocytes, collagen bundles, cells, typical of local inflammatory process.

Striking positioneda fibroids, as a rule, tubular bones of the feet. Often fibroids may go away on its own within a few years or months.

Another form of bone chondromyxoid fibroma is a fibroma, a rare tumor, but has the likelihood of recurrence and malignancy. Clinic include pain in local areas, gradually increasing, sometimes there is atrophy of the leg muscles and reducing motor activity of the joints of the affected bone. In adults the symptoms are unexpressed, in children, the tumor grows quickly and gives pain during motion and at rest.

Chondromyxoid begins to grownormally in epiphysis of long bones, the most common is fibroma of the tibia.

Postavlennaya fibroma is a tumor of the bone changes of feet of unknown etiology. Manifests itself as a hotbed of resorption of the cortex of the bone, with the substitution of the lesion in the fibrous structure. Subjective symptoms usually do not happen until a pathological fracture. This kind of fibroids can also disappear.

In the relative safety of bone fibroids, you should consider some factors that can influence the overall condition of the body and local effects of tumor growth:

• The probability of malignancy, although rare
• The growth of the fibroids causes dysfunction of the bones and muscles
• Damage fibroids can cause inflammation, with the accession of infection

Considering these aspects, discovered the fibroid cannot be left without treatment, even when no disturbing symptoms.

Treatment of bone fibroma

Fibroids can be treated with cryotherapy, medical, laser and radiation therapy, depending on the type and location.

Bone fibroids are treated only surgically. Positioneda vystavlyaetsya fibroma of bone, in the case of chondromyxoid fibroids this method is not always effective, as it is likely the abandonment of the changed cells in the affected area, which will lead to relapse. Therefore, it is preferable to operation of the regional resection of a bone site with further plasty of the graft.

The prognosis of the disease fibroid is usually favorable.