African Journal of Paediatric Surgery (Jan 2009)

Giant recurrent infantile myofibromatosis of the leg in a 3 year-old

  • Youssef Mohammed

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 52 – 54

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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.

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