Congenital multiple fibromatosis (infantile myofibromatosis).
A female newborn had a rare case of congenital multiple fibromatosis, consisting of multiple fibrous lesions that histologically resemble myofibromas. Bony and soft-tissue lesions usually undergo spontaneous resolution, but excision may be required if vital structures are compromised as was the case in this patient. When the lesions involve the viscera in a generalized form of the disease, the result is often fatal.
Burgess
L P
LP
Department of Surgery, Tripler (Hawaii), Army Medical Center.
Quilligan
J J
JJ
Moe
R D
RD
Lepore
M L
ML
Yim
D W
DW
D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology