title: Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible in an infant.
abstract: We report the CT and MR imaging findings of a case of a desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible in a 6-month-old girl who presented with a rapidly enlarging facial mass and who represents one of the youngest reported children with this rare tumor. Although imaging is non-specific and these lesions are best distinguished histologically, the desmoplastic fibroma should be considered when there is an occurrence of any bubbly or cystic expansile mandibular lesion presenting in childhood.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Section, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. wippoldf@wustl.edu
authors.forename: Franz J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Wippold
authors.forename: Frances V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jamroz
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haughey
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forsen
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018220:Fibroma, Desmoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed