Calcifying Aponeurotic Fibroma: An Atypical Case.
- Author:
Soo Yong KANG
1
;
Han Jun LEE
;
Jae Sung LEE
;
Jae Jun YANG
;
Woo Young HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yong-San Hospital, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. boneman@cau.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma;
Hand;
Old age
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Fibroma;
Fingers;
Hand;
Humans
- From:Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
2010;15(2):83-87
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma is a very rare benign soft tissue tumor with predilection for the fingers and palms of children and adolescents. We describe an unusual case of a calcifying aponeurotic fibroma in old age that circumferentially involved the dorsal and palmar side of the third metacarpal head.We performed a wide excision using two incisions, resulting in satisfactory clinical result. A calcifying aponeurotic fibroma must be considered in the differential diagnosis of a calcifying soft tissue lesion occuring in the hand of old age.
