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ORPHA:199251Disease
Also called Plantar fibromatosis
What it is
A rare, benign, superficial fibromatosis disease characterized by single or multiple, uni- or bilateral, slow-growing, round, firm nodules typically located on the medial portion of the plantar aponeurosis, with no calcification. Patients are often asymptomatic or may present with foot pain, difficulty to walk or stand and, rarely, toe contractures. Histopathology reveals dense fibrocellular tissue with parallel and nodular arrays of fibrocytes and fibrillar collagen with a distinctive cork-screw morphology and no atypia.
Key facts
- Age of onset
- Adult
- Classified as
- Disease
Signs and symptoms
These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
ICD-10 codes
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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