title: Infantile myofibromatosis. A case report.
abstract: Infantile myofibromatosis is a rare mesenchymal disorder of infancy characterized by the formation of tumors in the skin, muscle, viscera, bone and subcutaneous tissue. The etiology of the disorder is unknown. We describe here a newborn with multiple infantile myofibromatosis, peritonitis and intestinal perforation. Surgery revealed multiple intestinal obstructions and jejunal perforation due to intestinal tumors; consequently, a jejunostomy was performed. The patient was maintained on total parenteral nutrition and oral semiliquid infant formula for two months, however, he died due to multiple attacks of diarrhea and septicemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sarihan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Değer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Onder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turgutalp
mesh_terms: D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007582:Jejunostomy; D008297:Male; D018224:Myofibromatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology