Infantile digital fibromatosis: Our experience and long-term results

Infantile fibromatosis is an uncommon benign proliferation of myofibroblasts in the dermal tissue on the digits and toes with a marked tendency for recurrence. Inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm of neoplastic fibroblasts are a characteristic histologic feature of this condition. The tumor may often resolve spontaneously. There is very little written in the literature on this subject, with only a few or isolated cases having been described. We report our experience of seven cases of recurrent infantile fibromatosis that underwent surgical treatment.

RésuméLa fibromatose infantile est une prolifération myofibroblastique dermique bénigne récidivante touchant essentiellement les doigts et les orteils. Les inclusions cytoplasmiques contenues dans les fibroblastes sont caractéristiques de cette affection. La guérison spontanée est possible. Très peu de cas ont été publiés. Nous rapportons notre experience de sept cas de fibromatose infantile récidivante opérés.