title: Tendon sheath fibroma of the medial canthal tendon.
abstract: Fibromas of the tendon sheath are slow-growing, benign tumors most commonly found on the hands and wrist. A fibroma of the tendon sheath arising from the medial canthal tendon presented as an enlarging nodule that had been present for 40 years. The fibroma was identified by microscopy and immunohistochemistry, and surgical resection appears to have been curative.
authors.affiliation: South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide, 5000 Australia. nick.h.andrew@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dodd
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Selva
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013710:Tendons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor