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Desmoplastic fibroma (DF) is a rare, benign but locally aggressive, intra-osseous lesion with a high tendency of local recurrence. A rare case of desmoplastic fibroma in the maxillary corpus is being presented with its pathology, clinical diagnostic methods, treatment and prognosis.