Korean J Dermatol.
2001 Aug;39(8):930-932.
A Case of Calcifying Aponeurotic Fibroma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Inchon, Korea. garden@inga.ac.kr
Abstract
- Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor that primarily occurs in children and adolescents and has a strong predilection for the distal portion of the extremities and has a tendency to recur. A case of calcifying aponeurotic fibroma arising in the tip of 2nd digit of right hand of 24-year-old woman was presented. The lesion was solitary, 0.5X0.5cm sized, mildly tender, erythematous papule. Microscopic finding showed poorly circumscribed proliferation of dense fibrous tissue containing epihelioid-like fibroblasts, islands of metaplastic chondroid differentiation with focal calcification.
