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Juvenile aponeurotic fibromas, although locally recurrent, generally do not metastasize.
This observation supports the practice of incomplete excision of the tumor to preserve
the function of the involved extremity. We report on a patient with a juvenile aponeurotic
fibroma of the palm, who returned 5 years after the second local surgical excision
with metastatic fibrosarcoma of the lungs and bones.
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Publication history
Accepted:
December 18,
1985
Received:
November 11,
1985
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© 1986 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
