Plantar Fibromatosis: Multimedia

References

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Further Reading

Clinical guidelines

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic foot pain. ¹²
American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society.  1998 (revised 2005).  7 pages.  NGC:004618

Ankle and foot complaints. ¹³
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - Medical Specialty Society.  1997 (revised 2004).  27 pages.  NGC:004757

Clinical trials

Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Dupuytren's Disease

Effects of Steroid Injection With Percutaneous Needle Aponeurotomy in Dupuytren's Contracture

Study of Proteus Syndrome and Related Congenital Disorders

Related eMedicine topics

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Keywords

plantar fibromatosis, PF, juvenile fibromatosis, JF, Dupuytren palmar contracture, DC, Ledderhose disease, LD, juvenile aponeurotic fibroma, JAF, infantile fibromatosis, aggressive infantile fibromatosis, AIF, superficial fibromatosis, SF, cerebriform mesodermic hamartomas, Proteus syndrome, PS, fibromas, desmoid tumors, Gardner syndrome, GAF, Gardner syndrome–associated fibromatosis, deep fibromatosis, DF, hamartomatous fibromatosis

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Firas G Hougeir, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Firas G Hougeir, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology
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Coauthor(s)

Jose M Mascaro, MD, MS, Chairman, Professor, Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
Jose M Mascaro, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American Dermatological Association, American Society of Dermatopathology, and International Academy of Pathology
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Medical Editor

Neil Shear, MD, Professor and Chief of Dermatology, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Pharmacology, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine; Head of Dermatology, Sunnybrook Women's College Health Sciences Center and Women's College Hospital, Canada
Neil Shear, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Canadian Dermatology Association, Canadian Medical Association, Ontario Medical Association, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
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Michael J Wells, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
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Jeffrey P Callen, MD, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Dermatology, University of Louisville School of Medicine
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CME Editor

Joel M Gelfand, MD, MSCE, Medical Director, Clinical Studies Unit, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Associate Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
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Dirk M Elston, MD, Director, Department of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical Center
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