The growth may be single, in which case it is apt to be pedunculated or pendulous, and attain considerable dimensions; as a result of weight or pressure surface-ulceration may occur. Or, as commonly met with, the lesions are numerous, scattered over large surface, and vary in size from a pea to a cherry; the overlying skin being normal, pinkish or reddish, loose, stretched, hypertrophied or atrophied.
The tumors are painless. The general health is not involved.
Fig. 41.
Fibroma. (After Octerlony.)
What is the course of fibroma?
What is the etiology of fibroma?
The cause is not known. Heredity is often noted. The affection is not common.
State the pathology of fibroma.