title: [Fibromatosis infantile. Report of an aggressive disease].
abstract: This rare entity is characterized by multiple nodular lesions largely composed of collagen-forming spindle cells and involving the subcutis, skeletal muscle, bone and viscera of newborns and infants that occurs in either a solitary or multicentric form. The clinical course of a case is presented. The patient is a 2-year-old male who was brought to our hospital because of a large cervical mass. On physical examination a firm, subcutaneous, immobile painless mass measuring 4.5x6 cm was palpated at right side of neck. After the first admission, 13 complete surgical resections were performed. This patient is the eleventh familial case in the literature. The patient died 10 years after the first surgery.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oncología, Hospital Pediátrico Moctezuma, Oriente 158-189, Col. Moctezuma Segunda Sección, Deleg. Venustiano Carranza, 15500 México, D.F., México.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baeza-Herrera
authors.forename: Luis Manuel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: García-Cabello
authors.forename: Arturo Hermilo
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Godoy-Esquivel
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Atzin-Fuentes
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male