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Calcifying Aponeurotic Fibroma

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Synonyms

Aponeurotic fibroma; Juvenile aponeurotic fibroma

Definition

Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma (CAF) is a rare tumor, usually occurring on the hands or feet, especially in the first and second decades of life. It is infiltrative in nature, so has a relatively high local recurrence rate.

Clinical Features

  • Incidence

    CAF is a very rare soft-tissue tumor. Fewer than 100 cases of it have been reported in the English literature since 1953. In almost all cases, there was no association with other diseases, with just a single case being complicated with Masson’s tumor (Romano et al. 2017).

  • Age

    CAF usually occurs in children and adolescents but has been reported over a wide range of ages. Indeed, our literature review shows that the ages of reported CAF patients range from 2 months to 71 years (median 10 years).

  • Sex

    A male predominance of this condition has been reported, and the literature review (Table 1) also reveals a slight tendency for this (M:F = 26:22).

    Table 1 Case Series of...

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  1. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan

    Taro Mori, Yuichi Yamada & Yoshinao Oda

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Mori, T., Yamada, Y., Oda, Y. (2020). Calcifying Aponeurotic Fibroma. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_5358-1

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