title: A syndrome of digital fibromas, facial pigmentary dysplasia, and metacarpal and metatarsal disorganization.
abstract: We report on a girl with fibrous tumors involving hands and feet associated with unusual brachydactyly and facial abnormalities with pigmentary skin lesions. The multiple, infiltrative fibrous tumors clinically resembled recurring digital fibromata (RDF) of infancy, but eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion bodies pathognomonic for RDF were not demonstrated in her tumor cells. Skeletal alterations of the hands and feet comprised brachymesophalangy with cone-shaped epiphyses and variable shortening and deformity of the metacarpals and metatarsals. Facial abnormalities included upward slant of palpebral fissures, primary telecanthus with epicanthal folds, and a depressed nasal tip, along with a small fibrous tumor on the left eyelid. The patient also had patchy, brownish discolorations of the face. The clinical, radiological, and histological constellation in the patient may represent a hitherto undescribed hamartomatous syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Horii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology