Juvenile Aponeurotic Fibroma
- 10 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 234 (6) , 626-628
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1975.03260190054027
Abstract
JUVENILE aponeurotic fibroma was first described as a tumor occurring in the palms and soles of young children.1Since the original report of four cases, a total of approximately 60 cases2-13have been described in the literature, primarily in journals devoted to pathology and cancer. Of 60 patients, 43 were males 46 were under the age of 17, and one was in the seventh decade of life (Fig 1). One patient had had aponeurotic fibroma from birth. Clinical Data Patients usually have a small to moderate-sized, ill-defined, soft-tissue mass that is unrelated to trauma and develops slowly over a period of months or years. The size of these tumors has varied from 1 to 8 × 4 × 4 cm, with the smaller lesions occurring in hands and wrists. The lesions have a strong predilection for the hand, where tumors have been found in 30 patients. Other sitesKeywords
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