Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

A plantar fibroma is a noncancerous bump or growth in the arch of your foot. It develops in the plantar fascia, the thick, fibrous tissue at the bottom of your foot. The plantar fascia covers the area ...

Fibromas are non-cancerous tumors that often require no treatment unless they cause symptoms. You can get a physical exam and imaging tests to diagnose a fibroma. It is unsafe to remove a fibroma at ...

Bumps on the gums can occur for many reasons, such as tooth decay, oral fibroma, and, in rare cases, mouth cancer. Treatment depends on the cause. Bumps on the gums develop for many reasons, such as ...

Digital morphometric analysis of mixed odontogenic tumors identified significant differences in virtual epithelial cell architecture.

A plantar fibroma is a fibrous knot, or nodule, in the arch of the foot. This nodule is embedded in the plantar fascia — a band of tissue spanning from heel to toe along the bottom of the foot. A ...

A plantar fibroma is a mass of fibrous tissue that develops in the arch of the foot. The growth often causes pain and discomfort even though it is benign. Treatment focuses on reducing the size of the ...