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aponeurotic fibroma

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aponeurotic fibroma
n.
A calcifying, recurrent but infiltrating nonmetastasizing fibromatosis appearing as small nodules that are unattached to the overlying skin and seen most frequently on the palms of children.

aponeurotic fibroma,
a recurrent benign tumor seen mainly in persons under 20 years of age, most often on the hand, occurring as a firm, fixed nodule composed of fibroblastic tissue with finely stippled calcifications, not attached to the overlying skin and infiltrating into surrounding soft tissue. Also called juvenile aponeurotic fibroma.


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