Open AccessINFANTILE DIGITAL FIBROMATOSIS HISTOPATHOLOGICAL and ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Author(s) -
Iwasaki Hiroshi,
Tsuneyoshi Masazumi,
Enjoji Munetomo
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1974.tb00844.x
Subject(s) - pathology , fibromatosis , medicine
Five cases of Infantile digital fibromatosis were described. Three were male and two were female. Multiple lesions were noted in two cases. The lesions were Intradermal and had a peculiar histologic pattern with intracytoplasmic inclusions. By electron microscopy, the inclusions were composed of a meshwork of both fibrils and fine granules and have no limiting membrane. No virus‐like particle could be identified in the proliferating cells. Follow‐up information was available in all five cases; one had recurring tumors.