title: Pediatric hand tumors. A review of 349 cases.
abstract: Ganglion cysts, foreign bodies and vascular malformations are some of the most common causes of a palpable mass in the pediatric hand. There are other rarer tumors, such as digital fibromas, which are unique to the pediatric population. Malignant tumors are exceedingly rare. An awareness of both the common and unusual tumors seen in the pediatric population is essential for the hand surgeon evaluating these patients.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Upton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004814:Epidermal Cyst; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D005918:Glomus Tumor; D006225:Hand; D006391:Hemangioma; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013717:Tenosynovitis