Tendon Sheath Fibroma of Fore Foot a Rare Case Report.

Fibroma of the tendon sheath in the dorsum of the foot: A case report

“…FTS is generally painless but tenderness/discomfort or radiating pain due to the tumor compressing the surrounding tissues is sometimes reported. 3 , 4 MRI imaging usually shows low to iso-intensity on T1-weighted images and low to slight high-intensity signals on T2-weighted images. 5…”

“…When we searched PubMed, Scopus, and Ichushi web (a database of Japanese medical literature) with the search terms ”fibroma of tendon sheath” AND ”foot” OR ”back/dorsum of the foot” OR ”extensor digitorum brevis muscle”, we only found seven cases. 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 Notably, four of the cases were in Japan, one in the United States, one in the United Kingdom, and one in India. We speculate that the more frequent reportage in Japan may reflect greater rates of trauma to the dorsum of the foot.…”

“… 2 FTS of the dorsum of the foot is particularly rare: to our knowledge, only seven cases have been reported to date. 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 We report here a case of huge FTS that arose from the extensor digitorum brevis tendon in the dorsum of the foot and grew relatively rapidly.…”