Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma: A Case of a Rapidly Growing Mass in the Foot.

Desmoplastic fibroblastomas are benign and uncommon soft-tissue tumors. They are typically slow-growing, painless masses found in adult men. Rapidly growing masses have been previously reported, but are more rare.

Case presentations and review of plexiform schwannoma in the foot.

Plexiform schwannoma is a soft tissue tumor that rarely presents in the lower extremity. We have reported on 2 cases of plexiform schwannomas that occurred in the foot and ankle. Owing to the relative obscurity of this condition in the lower extremity, we have also provided an overview of plexiform schwannomas and discussed the differences between this and other suspicious nodular soft tissue masses.

Proximal plantar fibroma as an etiology of recalcitrant plantar heel pain.

Prompted by repeated pathology reports of fibromas at the origin of the plantar fascia after fasciectomy for chronic plantar heel pain, this study examines the incidence of proximal plantar fibroma. A retrospective study of 101 pathology specimens from 97 patients with the preoperative diagnosis of recalcitrant plantar fasciitis was performed. Patients ranged in age from 36 to 82, and included 30 males and 67 females.

Proximal plantar fibroma as an etiology of recalcitrant plantar heel pain.

Prompted by repeated pathology reports of fibromas at the origin of the plantar fascia after fasciectomy for chronic plantar heel pain, this study examined the incidence of proximal plantar fibroma. A retrospective study of 100 pathology specimens from 97 patients with the preoperative diagnosis of recalcitrant plantar fasciitis was performed. Patients ranged in age from 36 to 82, and included 31 males and 66 females.

A retrospective cohort study of the BioPro hemiarthroplasty prosthesis.

We reviewed the outcomes of 79 procedures in 76 patients who underwent first metatarsophalangeal joint hemiarthroplasty. The cohort included 23 men (2 bilateral cases) and 53 women (1 bilateral case), with a mean age of 59.6 +/- 11.

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy versus placebo for the treatment of chronic proximal plantar fasciitis: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, multicenter intervention trial.

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of recalcitrant proximal plantar fasciitis. The objective of this investigation was to compare the outcomes of participants treated with a new ESWT device with those treated with placebo. A total of 172 volunteer participants were randomized in a 2:1 active-to-placebo ratio in this prospective, double-blind, multicenter trial conducted between October 2003 and December 2004.