title: Multiple new-onset subcutaneous nodules of the upper extremity digits: giant cell tumor of tendon sheath and lipoma.
abstract: A black woman with the concurrent onset of two subcutaneous nodules located on the digits of her upper extremities is described. Initially, a single systemic disorder was considered; yet, the lesions differed in morphology and consistency. Microscopic examination of the nodules showed a giant cell tumor of tendon sheath and a lipoma. Although Occam's "razor" suggests that multiple lesions in the same person are more likely to represent variable manifestations of a single disorder than several different diseases in that individual, the simultaneously appearing lesions in this patient represented two different conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School 77030, USA.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology