title: A case of recurrent and synchronous fibrous hamartoma of infancy.
abstract: We retrospectively reviewed the chart of a patient with recurrent fibrous hamartoma of infancy (FHI). This lesion presented as a gradually enlarging mass on the child's buttock. The child, a 6-month-old male, was followed up, and at 19 months of age the mass was excised. Eighteen months after the initial operation, a local recurrence was noticed. Forty-one months after the initial operation, reexcision was performed. Both masses demonstrated the characteristic features of FHI, which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of subcutaneous mass in young children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, National Okayama Medical Centre, 1711-1, Tamasu, Okayama City, Okayama 701-1192, Japan.
authors.forename: Reisuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Imaji
authors.forename: Takahumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamadori
mesh_terms: D002081:Buttocks; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies