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Non-ossifying Fibroma, Fibrous Cortical Defect, and Fibroxanthomas: Benign Bone Tumors

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Non-ossifying fibroma is considered a developmental defect and is the most common benign fibrous bone lesion seen in children and young adults. It is usually located in long bones meta-diaphyseal region, showing increased uptake on bone scan mimicking stress fracture. SPECT/CT shows characteristic findings.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

    Kanhaiyalal Agrawal & P. Sai Sradha Patro

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

    Kanhaiyalal Agrawal MD

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Agrawal, K., Patro, P.S.S. (2023). Non-ossifying Fibroma, Fibrous Cortical Defect, and Fibroxanthomas: Benign Bone Tumors. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_257

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