Plantar fibromatosis

Recurrent plantar fibromatosis, also known as Ledderhose syndrome, occurred in a patient who had taken phenobarbital for a long time [237 ]. 

Strzelczyk A, Vogt H, Hamer HM, Kramer G. Continuous phenobarbital treatment leads to recurrent plantar fibromatosis. Epilepsia 2008 49(11) 1965-8. 

Plantar fibromatosis is a benign condition characterized by focal nodular enlargement of the plantar aponeurosis due to local proliferation of fibrous tissue. Its origin is unknown and it was first described by Dupuytren in 1839, who noted an association with palmar fibromatosis (Dupuytren 1839). This condition is also known as Ledderhose disease after the eponymous doctor who reported more than 50 cases in 1897 (Ledderhose 1897). Patients present with... 

Most soft-tissue masses of the foot are benign non-neoplastic conditions, including ganglion cysts, bursitis, foreign body granuloma, plantar fibromatosis. 

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