[Benign fibrous histiocytoma of bone (author's transl)].

A case report is presented of a large cystic lesion of the proximal end of the left femur in a 66 years old man which is classified as a benign fibrous histiocytoma of bone. After the first description of the malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone in 1972, this is the first report of the benign type of this tumor.