Is the Recurrence of Fibroma of the Tendon Sheath Underestimated? An Instructive Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Table 1

Summary of the scientific articles about FTS with treatment, mean FU, and recurrence rate.

Authors	Numbers	Treatment	Mean FU	Recurrence rate	Recurrence time
Millon et al. [9]	7	Surgical marginal excision	8 years	None	—
Hashimoto et al. [11]	18	Surgical excision (no precision)	6.4 years for 15 patients	3 patients: 1 recurrence (20%)	3 months, 11 months, 2 years
Chung and Enzinger [1]	138	Surgical excision (no precision)	4.5 years for 54 patients	10 patients: 1 recurrence (18%); 3 patients: 2 recurrences (6%)	13.1 months to 5 years
Al-Qattan [3]	20	Surgical excision under local anesthesia	3.2 years	None	—
Pulitzer et al. [2]	32	Surgical excision (no precision)	?	1 (3%)	?
Smith et al. [4]	9	No explanation	?	1 (11%)	5 months