Giant recurrent infantile myofibromatosis of the leg in a 3 year-old.
Infantile myofibromatosis is a rare mesenchymal disorder of infancy and childhood characterised by the formation of tumours in the soft tissues, muscles, bones and viscera. Only 61 cases have been reported in the literature. This paper describes the management of a 3 year-old boy with extensive IMF of the right leg.
Aly Youssef
Mohammed
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Department of Surgery, El Horreya Avenue, Alexandria Hospital for Sick Children, Health Insurance Organization, Alexandria, Egypt. edini99@yahoo.com
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018224:Myofibromatosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome