title: Intracranial fibromyxoma in a four-year-old child.
abstract: A case of an intracerebral fibromyxoma in a 4-year-old female with a developing left hemiplegia is described. Primary intracranial benign fibrous tumors are rare. A review of the relevant patients in the literature revealed 12 other cases. The management of this patient and an analysis of reported cases are presented.
authors.affiliation: Nippon Medical School Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma; D006801:Humans