Congenital occurrence of solitary infantile myofibromatosis of the spleen
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Congenital occurrence of solitary infantile myofibromatosis of the spleen.
Infantile myofibromatosis (IM) is a rare soft tissue tumor of infancy and childhood. We report the case of a newborn girl with an abdominal tumor discovered at 32 weeks of gestation by fetal ultrasound. She underwent a laparotomy for an unexplained abdominal mass 20 days after birth. The tumor originated from the spleen and was removed by splenectomy. There were no other abnormal findings on di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-3468
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.08.060