title: Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor of the foot: a case report.
abstract: Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumors are rare, small, ill-defined, solitary masses found in the deep dermis or subcutaneous tissues. These tumors will ordinarily be slow-growing masses that almost solely occur in children and young adults. They have had a greater prevalence in the upper extremity than in the lower extremity, with limited reports of this lesion in the lower extremity. We report a small painful mass found in the central plantar heel of a 12-year-old male.
authors.affiliation: Staff Consultant, Department of Veterans Affairs, New York Harbor Healthcare Residency Program, New York, NY; and Desert Foot and Ankle, PC, Mesa, AZ.
authors.forename: Jason C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Harrill
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Year 3 Resident, Department of Veterans Affairs, New York Harbor Healthcare Residency Program, New York, NY. Electronic address: sjohnstondpm@gmail.com.
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006365:Heel; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012086:Reoperation
keywords: biopsy; excision; neoplasm; plantar fibroma; plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor