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Calcified desmoplastic fibroblastoma of the foot: imaging findings

Published inSkeletal radiology, vol. 46, no. 4, p. 565-569
Publication date2017
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We report a case of desmoplastic fibroblastoma (DF) of the foot in a 65-year-old woman. The tumor presented as a slow-growing, painless mass located in the first intermetatarsal space of the right foot. Ultrasound showed a well-circumscribed hypoechoic lesion containing hyperechoic calcifications confirmed on standard radiographs. At magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the mass appeared isointense to the muscles on T1-weighted (T1W) images, hyperintense on proton-density-weighted fat-saturated images, and presented scattered internal hypointense foci. Post-contrast T1W spectral presaturation with inversion recovery (SPIR) images showed heterogeneous, mostly peripheral, contrast enhancement. DF must be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft-tissue calcified tumors of the foot.

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URIGO, Carlo et al. Calcified desmoplastic fibroblastoma of the foot: imaging findings. In: Skeletal radiology, 2017, vol. 46, n° 4, p. 565–569. doi: 10.1007/s00256-017-2575-z
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