title: Recurrent calcifying aponeurotic fibroma of the thumb: case report.
abstract: We present an unusual case report of an aggressive, recurrent calcifying aponeurotic fibroma of the thumb in an adult man with invasion into the distal and proximal phalanges, the skin, the radial and ulnar neurovascular bundles, and the tendons, treated with amputation and an immediate toe-to-thumb transfer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Giuffre
authors.forename: Rudy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kovachevich
authors.forename: Allen T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: Alexander Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery; D014034:Toes / Q000637:transplantation*