FAMILIAL PACHYDERMODACTYLY

Pachydermodactyly is a rare form of digital fibromatosis. There are on ly 15 cases reported in the literature, all with a negative family his tory. Only one of the previously reported cases was a woman. We now re port 2 female cases, mother and daughter, who, to the best of our know ledge, are the first patients with familial pachydermodactyly. The his tological evolution of this disease over the years had not been previo usly reported.