title: Primary colonic congenital infantile fibrosarcoma presenting as meconium peritonitis.
abstract: Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma is a rare soft tissue malignancy that occurs in both axial and extremity locations. We report a case of this tumor arising from the left colon in a newborn presenting with an intrauterine perforation and meconium peritonitis.
authors.affiliation: The University of Michigan, CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. islamsa@surgery.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Oliver S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Soldes
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Geiger
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery