Diagnosis of infantile myofibromatosis with pseudo-ulcerated plaque using prenatal ultrasound: A case report

Diagnosis of infantile myofibromatosis with pseudo-ulcerated plaque using prenatal ultrasound: A case report

The present case report describes a case of infantile myofibromatosis (IM) with a pseudo-ulcerated plaque on the right side of the back of a fetus, detected in the 38th week of gestation using prenatal ultrasound. The fetus was examined weekly by ultrasound to measure the size of the mass. At birth, the scarlet mass was slightly elevated compared with the skin around it, with a cavity in the ce...

Congenital Infantile Myofibromatosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Received March 29, 2003 Abstract Congenital infantile myofibromatosis is a rare disorder with multiple fibromatous tumours in skin, bone, muscle, viscera and subcutaneous tissue presenting in early infancy. Multiple lytic bone lesions and vertebra involvement are also common, mimicking the clinical picture of metastatic tumours. However, it is a disease with variable prognosis depending on the ...

Prenatal diagnosis of infantile polycystic kidneys: a case report.

Infantile myofibromatosis : report of a rare disease *

The pathogenesis of generalized fibromatosis still remains unknown, despite reports on association with estrogen receptors. This disease is classified into three types as follows: solitary fibromatosis, congenital generalized fibromatosis without visceral involvement, and congenital generalized fibromatosis with both cutaneous and visceral involvement. In most cases, the disease is sporadic, bu...

Extracalvarial Composite Infantile Myofibromatosis: Case Report and Literature Review

Infantile soft tissue tumors of the head are very rare and the majority of them are myofibromas. The authors present the case of a 1-day-old boy with a scalp tumor with several distinct histopathological features including myofibroma, hemangiopericytoma, and fibrosarcoma consistent with the diagnosis of composite infantile myofibromatosis. Genetic testing was negative for trisomy 17, translocat...