title: Fibrous hamartoma of infancy.
abstract: Fibrous hamartoma of infancy is a rare benign soft tissue tumor that usually occurs within the first 2 years of life. We report 3 cases of fibrous hamartoma of infancy seen over a 10-year period. Treatment is curative by local excision with a low local recurrence rate. Fibrous hamartoma of infancy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue masses in children because it is always benign and subject to nonaggressive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Assaf-Harofeh, Tel-Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel. Electronic address: seguiere@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seguier-Lipszyc
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital Assaf-Harofeh, Tel-Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hermann
authors.affiliation: Department of Hemato-Oncology, Hospital Sheba, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Chaim
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaplinski
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Assaf-Harofeh, Tel-Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel.
authors.forename: Gad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lotan
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods