Myxoma of the dorsal hand

Abstract

Myxomas of the hand are rare tumours and the diameters are usually smaller than 2 cm. In this report we describe the biggest reported myxoma that localised on the dorsal hand and the comprehensively review of hand myxomas. This case is to our knowledge the first hormone-receptor-positive myxoma of the hand.

Key Words::

• Hand myxoma
• oestrogen receptor
• progesterone receptor

Acknowledgement

We thank Dr Cigdem Gunduz Demir for linguistic review.