title: Cutaneous mesenchymal hamartoma in the palm.
abstract: A case of congenital, solitary, cutaneous mesenchymal hamartoma in the palm of the left hand is reported. The mass was composed mainly of an intimate mixture of fibrocollagenous bundles and islands of mature fat cells, distorted blood vessels with smooth muscle in the wall, and eccrine sweat glands. Many mast cells were scattered throughout the fibrocollagenous bundles. The mast cell may be an important cell in this hamartoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takemiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arashiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miki
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery