Table 3.

Distribution of lesions by histiogenic type

Tissue precursor	Lesion	No. of lesions
Adipose	Lipoma	6
	Spindle lipoma	1
Cartilage/bone	Chondroma	3
	Subungual exostosis	2
	Osteophyte	1
	Osteoid osteoma	1
Fibrous	Plantar fibromatosis	6
	Fibroma	4
	Fibrin fibrous tissue	1
Fibrohistiocytic	Plexiform fibrohistiocytic	1*
	Fibrous histiocytoma	1
Neural	Neuroma	10
	Neurofibroma	1
	Schwannoma	1
Smooth muscle	Angioleiomyoma	2
Vascular	Haemangioma	2
	Fibrovascular tissue	1
Synovial	Giant cell tumour	1
Miscellaneous	Ganglion cyst	39
	Adventitious bursa	1#
	Gouty tophus	2
	Calcific tendonitis	1
	Connective tissue histiocytic reaction	1
Tumour-like	Benign intradermal naevus	1
	Rheumatoid nodule	4
	Mucoid cyst	2
	Epidermal inclusion cyst	2
	Viral wart	1
	Keratinous horn	2

^*Denotes malignant tumour.

^#Four other specimens of adventitious bursa were found in association with other lumps.