title: A review of eight unusual pediatric skin and soft-tissue lesions: Diagnosis, workup, and treatment.
abstract: The spectrum of clinical presentations in pediatric skin and soft-tissue lesions often makes diagnosis challenging. Delays in diagnosis and subsequent treatment can be life threatening, and they can subject patients to more complicated reconstruction. This retrospective case series reviews the presentation, management, and current literature on eight pediatric skin and soft-tissue lesions. For rare lesions and those with unclear pathology, a multidisciplinary approach is strongly advocated for optimal management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Argenta
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Losee
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davit
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: lorelei.grunwaldt@chp.edu.
authors.forename: Lorelei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grunwaldt
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018218:Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D018332:Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Atypical Spitz nevus; Infantile fibroma; Infantile myofibromatosis; Neurothekeoma; Pilomatrixoma; Rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma