Infantile digital fibromatosis: An unusual localization

Infantile digital fibromatosis (recurrent digital fibromatosis) is a rare, benign fibrous growth of childhood. The authors present a case of a 16-year -old child with an infantile digital fibromatosis on the volar surface of t he right little finger at the distal interphalangeal joint level. After exc ision of the tumor, histopathologic diagnosis was shown to be infantile dig ital fibromatosis. The patient has been free of recurrence for 3 years afte r surgery. Copyright (C) 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company.