title: Intracranial solitary-type infantile myofibromatosis.
abstract: An unusual case of infantile myofibromatosis of the solitary type occurring in an intracranial location in a 48-day-old female infant is presented. To our knowledge, there are no other descriptions in the literature of infantile myofibromatosis with exclusively intracranial involvement. The immunohistochemical and electron microscopic findings confirm the myofibroblastic origin of the proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Neurochirurgia Infantile, Policlinico Universitario, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cardia
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaccone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: la Rosa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Napoli
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007223:Infant; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D018224:Myofibromatosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor