[Diagnosis and treatment of chondromyxoid fibroma of bones]

Under observation were 23 patients, aged from 9 to 57 years, with chondromyxoid fibroma of bones. All patients were treated surgically. In 5 cases the involved bone was resected, in 6--edge resection with homoplasty and in 7--segmental resection with automoplasty were employed, in 4--amputation, in 1--exarticulation in the coxa. 20 patients are being kept under observation for 1-7 years without any recurrence and metastases, one patients is still being treated. Two patients died as a result of lung metastases.