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Juvenile aponeurotic fibroma is a distinctive fibrobiastic tumor usually found in
young children. The tumor has a predilection for the palms and soles, although it
can occur elsewhere, either superficially in subcutaneous tissues or in deeper musculofascial
and paraskeletal tissues. In this case the tumor occurred in an adult within the substance
of the flexor pollicis longus tendon, a location not previously reported in the literature.
Because of the unique location of the tumor, it was excised without sacrificing the
tendon. Since recurrence of these lesions is common, continued observation was necessary.
Magnetic resonance imaging in this patient 26 months after the operation showed restoration
of the normal tendon contour.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 13,
1987
Received:
August 3,
1987
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*No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
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© 1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
