title: Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma in children: our experience and a literature review.
abstract: Calcified aponeurotic fibroma is a rare benign fibrous tumour with characteristic histopathological features commonly observed in children and adolescents. It usually involves the most distal part of the extremities. Despite being a benign tumour, it has a high risk of local recurrence. We report our experience treating four children with calcifying aponeurotic fibroma who underwent surgical excision of the tumour. Two of them developed a local recurrence: one required a surgical revision, whereas the other currently continues to be under observation. The incidence found over a 5-year period (2010-2015) may lead us to consider that this condition is not as rare as reported and may often be misdiagnosed.
authors.affiliation: aPediatric and Orthopaedic Department bDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Corominas
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sanpera
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanpera-Iglesias
authors.forename: Rafael Felix
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Ramos-Ansesio
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009262:Nails; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery