Congenital fibromatosis (myofibromatosis) of the orbit: a rare cause of proptosis at birth.
A full-term infant boy had proptosis OS at birth: A large solid tumor mass was found by examination and computed tomographic scan in the orbit and extended intracranially. Biopsy showed spindle-shaped tumor cells that, with electron microscopy, proved to be myofibroblasts. Congenital fibromatosis (myofibromatosis) is a benign localized tumor of which this case is a striking example.
Waeltermann
J M
JM
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.
Huntrakoon
M
M
Beatty
E C
EC
Cibis
G W
GW
D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed