title: Solitary calvarial myofibroma presenting in adolescence.
abstract: Myofibroma is a benign fibrous tumour that may be found in the soft tissues, skeleton, and internal organs. It is a rare lesion but is the commonest fibrous tumour in infancy. Involvement of the skull has been reported in some 21 cases in the English-language literature. None of these, however, has arisen outside infancy. Here, we report a myofibroma arising from the temporal bone in a 17-year-old girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bodkin
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Choksey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fagan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D047708:Myofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013701:Temporal Bone; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed