Plantar Fasciitis Fibromatosis. Ledderhose Disease or Plantar Fibromatosis is a disease process in which the body forms hard nodules or fibromas on the bottom of the foot attached to the plantar fascia the ligament spanning the arch. The plantar fascia or aponeurosis is a thin band of fascia that extends from the inferior.
A plantar fibroma is a benign growth ie. The plantar fascia or aponeurosis is a thin band of fascia that extends from the inferior. A plantar fibroma can develop in one or both feet and is a benign growth.
Non-cancerous which tends to be slow growing and usually less than an inch in size.
It is classified as a type of musculoskeletal fibromatosis. Plantar fibromatosis Ledderhose disease is a relatively rare fibrous knot nodule in the arch of the foot embedded within the plantar fascia. Ledderhose Disease or Plantar Fibromatosis is a disease process in which the body forms hard nodules or fibromas on the bottom of the foot attached to the plantar fascia the ligament spanning the arch. In the beginning where nodules start growing in the fascia of the foot the disease is minor.
