title: Subdermal fibrous hamartoma of infancy in the hand.
abstract: A fibrous hamartoma of infancy presented in a 4-month-old girl as three separate masses on her right hand. Magnetic resonance imaging showed that the lesions had indistinct margins, and were infiltrating to the overlying subcuticular layer; there was pathological contrast enhancement and high signal intensity in the bony medulla. The masses were successfully excised. The radiological and physical appearance of fibrous hamartomas in a child may suggest malignancy, but the lesion is typically benign and treatment by local excision is usually successful.
authors: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, University of Selcuk, Konya, Turkey. drmkeskin@hotmail.com
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Keskin
authors: Zekeriya
authors: Z
authors: Tosun
authors: Hatice
authors: H
authors: Toy
authors: Nedim
authors: N
authors: Savaci
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging