| Epidemiology | Chondromyxoid fibroma is a very rare neoplasm accounting for less than 1% of all bone tumours, and less of 2% of all benign bone tumours. Despite 75% of the cases occur in patients younger than 30 years of age, a wide range is reported (4-79 year) Males are slightly more commonly affected. |
| Clinics | A long story of mild pain is reported at the first clinical examination. Bones of the lower extremity are more often affected, with a peculiar predilection for the metaphyseal region. Radiology shows an eccentric lytic lesion (wide size range: 1-14 cm), with a sclerotic rim, and ovoid shape (paralleling the long axis of the bone) with bubbly appearance. |
| Pathology | Histologically the tumours shows a multilobular pattern. The size of the lobules varies from tumour to tumour as well as from field to field. They are composed of fibrous, myxomatous and chondroid areas. However frank hyaline cartilage is less often recognized. The neoplastic cells vary in shape from spindle to stellate, focally atypical nuclei are recognized in 20-30% of the cases. Usually the centre of the lobules is less cellular than the periphery. At the edge of the latter, giant cells can often be recognised. Chunky calcification can be present, especially in older patients. |
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| Histological features of Chondromyxoid fibroma.
Fig. 2: Lobules of myxoid matrix are evident at low magnification (Alcian blue stain).
Fig. 3: At higher magnification the neoplastic cells show spindle to stellate shape (Haematoxylin-Eosin stain) |
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| Treatment | Simple curettage is the standard treatment. |
| Evolution | The rate of recurrence is 15%. |
| Prognosis | The prognosis is excellent. |
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