title: Fibrous hamartoma of infancy. Eight additional cases and a review of the literature.
abstract: Fibrous hamartoma of infancy is a benign but persistent soft-tissue tumor that appears during the first two years of life. Although the lesion is not distinctive clinically, histopathologic examination of affected tissue reveals the three characteristic elements: fibrous, adipose, and myxoid mesenchymal tissue. Sixty-seven patients with fibrous hamartoma of infancy have been described previously, few in the dermatologic literature. In this report, we describe eight additional patients and present a compilation of the clinical statistics of all 75 cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Paller
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Crussi
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000367:Age Factors; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery