title: Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child.
abstract: Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor (OFMT) is a rare benign tumor, most of which occurs in adults with localization in the subcutaneous tissue or muscle of the extremities. A five-year-old girl presented with a mass in her right upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (10 x 7 cm), our provisional diagnosis was a soft tissue sarcoma. A tru-cut biopsy showed that the lesion was benign. The mass was excised and has not recurred since. To the best of our knowledge, this patient is the youngest case of OFMT reported in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology & Rehabilitation, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Aminudin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sharaf
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hamzaini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salmi
authors.forename: M A Siti
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aishah
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed