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Fibrous dysplasia

  • Can look like almost anything
  • Should not be a painful lesion unless fracture
  • Ribs commonly involved
    • Typically lytic expansile lesion in posterior ribs and sclerotic process in anterior ribs
  • Pelvic involvement very commonly accompanied by femoral involvement
    • But not vice versa (ie. femoral lesions can be isolated)
  • If a tibial lesion is present that looks like fibrous dysplasia, have [[Adamantinoma|adamantinoma]] on the differential
Discriminator
  • Fibrous dysplasia will not have periostial reaction