Management of Rare Infantile Myofibromatosis of the Tibia by the Ilizarov External Fixator

Infantile myofibromatosis is a rare mesenchymal disorder of early childhood characterized by the formation of tumors in skin, muscle, viscera, bone, and subcutaneous tissue [1-3]. It may present with a solitary form or a multi-centric form. The condition was previously known as congenital generalized myofibromatosis. It affects almost exclusively infants and young children. It was felt to be a rarely seen disorder that was frequently fatal [2]. However, a relatively recent summary of 155 affected infants found that most had been reported since 1980 [3]. Since this publication we have cared for two children with this disorder, and more infants were found in the literature since [4-6].