Fibro-osseous Pseudotumor of the Toe | |
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aDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Plastic Surgery; and bDepartment of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan |
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Correspondence: datm0206@gmail.com |
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Keywords: fibro-osseous pseudotumor, myositis ossificans, bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation, osteosarcoma, pyogenic granuloma |
CASE DESCRIPTION
A 40-year-old man presented with a progressively enlarging mass in the left great toe for a few months. The patient was diagnosed with pyogenic granuloma and was treated with cryotherapy several times. However, regression was not observed. Clinical examination revealed a 1.5 × 1.0-cm reddish nodule on the medial side of the toe (Fig 1). Radiological evaluation revealed a soft-tissue mass without calcification, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a mass adjacent to the distal phalanx (Fig 2). Excisional biopsy was performed, with the patient under local anesthesia. The mass was not conn .......