[Osseous desmoid fibroma (2 case reports)]

Bone dermoid fibroma, described by Jaffe in 1958 is a benign fibroblastic tumour characterized by a remarkable tendency to expansion and to local recidives, without metastasizing. Some 38 cases have been reported to the present in the specialized literature. Two new cases are reported now, the first in the Romanian medical literature, one with localization of the tumour in the superior tibioperoneal metaphysis, and another located in the inferior femoral metaphysis. The first case recidivated after 3 surgical exereses over a period of nearly two years, and had to be amputated. The second case was solved by resection-arthrodesis of the Juvara-Merle d'Aubigne type, and is currently followed-up.