Fibro-osseous lesions

CNS tumor
Mesenchymal and other tumors
Fibro-osseous lesions

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 11 September 2017, last major update January 2006

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Definition / general | Treatment | Microscopic (histologic) description

Cite this page: Pernick, N. Fibro-osseous lesions. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cnstumorfibroosseous.html. Accessed September 25th, 2017.

Definition / general

Also called calcifying pseudoneoplasms of neural axis
Uncommon
May be associated with dura along vertebral column
Probably reactive
References: Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:1270

Treatment

Wide excision

Microscopic (histologic) description

Various combinations of palisading spindle cells, epithelioid cells and multinucleated cells in fibrous stroma and bone
Nodular chondromyxoid-like matrix