Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]
Overview
[Disease name] must be differentiated from [[differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].
Differential Diagnosis
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Type of Fibroma
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Differential Diagnosis
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- Ovarian fibroma
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- Large pedunculated subserosal uterine leiomyoma
- Thecoma
- Leiomyoma
- Fibrosarcoma
- Metastatic metaplastic carcinoma
- Endometriosis with extensive fibrosis.
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- Non-ossifying fibroma
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- Fibrous cortical defect
- Aneurysmal bone cyst
- Chondromyxoid fibroma
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Desmoplastic fibroma
- Giant cell tumour of bone
- Spindle cell lesions of bone
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- Ossifying Fibroma
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- Fibrous dysplasia
- Adamantinoma
- Osteoid osteoma
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- Chondromyxoid Fibroma
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- Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)
- Giant cell tumour of bone (GCT)
- Non ossifying fibroma
- Chondroblastoma
- Chondrosarcoma
- Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor
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- Desmoplastic Fibroma
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- Giant cell tumour of bone (GCT)
- Non ossifying fibroma (NOF)
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Low grade fibrosarcoma.
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- Pleural Fibroma
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Considerations for extremely well defined lesions include:
- Pleural lipoma
- Pleural fibrosarcoma
- Intercostal nerve neurilemoma (schwannoma)
If not extremely well defined, broader considerations include:
- Organised inflammation
- Peripheral bronchogenic carcinoma
- Solitary pleural metastasis
Also consider the differential for a single pleural mass which includes the following:
- Pleural tumours
- Solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura (pleural fibroma)
- Mesothelioma
- Localised mediastinal malignant mesothelioma
- Metastatic pleural disease, particularly from adenocarcinomas
- Pleural lymphoma
- Invasive thymoma
- Lipoma
- Pleural effusion
- Empyema
- Haemothorax
- Ewing sarcoma of chest wall, Askin tumour
- Intercostal nerve neurilemmoma
- Splenosis
- Tuberculosis
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- Renal Medullary Fibroma
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- Cemento-ossifying Fibroma
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- Fibrous dysplasia
- Ameloblastic fibro odontoma
- Odontoma
- Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour (Pindborg tumour)
- Odontogenic cyst
- Calcifying odontogenic cyst (Gorlin cyst)
- Osteochondroma
- Osteosarcoma
- Chondrosarcoma
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- Desmoplastic fibroblastoma (Collagenous fibroma)
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- Fibromatosis
- Elastofibroma
- Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma.
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- Ameloblastic Fibroma
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- Giant cell fibroma
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- Squamous Papilloma
- Irritation fibroma
- Pyogenic granuloma
- Peripheral giant cell granuloma.
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- Oral Fibroma
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- Squamous Papilloma
- Giant cell fibroma
- Neurofibroma
- Peripheral giant cell granuloma
- Mucocele
- Benign and malignant salivary gland tumors
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- Uterine Fibroma
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- Uterine leiomyosarcoma
- Uterine smooth muscle tumours of uncertain malignant potential
- Uterine lipoleiomyoma
- Ovarian masses
- Focal myometrial contraction (Braxton Hicks contraction): especially if seen during pregnancy
- Focal adenomyosis
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References
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