Authors: Keskin, Mustafa¹; Tosun, Zekeriya¹; Toy, Hatice²; Savaci, Nedim¹

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Volume 41, Number 4, 2007 , pp. 211-214(4)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

A fibrous hamartoma of infancy presented in a 4-month-old girl as three separate masses on her right hand. Magnetic resonance imaging showed that the lesions had indistinct margins, and were infiltrating to the overlying subcuticular layer; there was pathological contrast enhancement and high signal intensity in the bony medulla. The masses were successfully excised. The radiological and physical appearance of fibrous hamartomas in a child may suggest malignancy, but the lesion is typically benign and treatment by local excision is usually successful.

Keywords: Fibrous hamartoma of infancy; hand

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02844310600723174

Affiliations: 1: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, University of Selcuk, Konya, Turkey 2: Pathology Department, Meram Medical Faculty, University of Selcuk, Konya, Turkey

Publication date: 2007-01-01

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