Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Nov 2020)

Congenital myofibroma of the pericranium

  • Juri Fuchs,
  • Patrick Günther,
  • Abdulsattar Alrajab,
  • Ahmed El Damaty,
  • Wiebke Antonopoulos,
  • Patrick Volk

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 62
p. 101629

Abstract

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We report a case of a healthy male newborn with a congenital tumor of the pericranium. Imaging procedures were inconclusive concerning dignity and intracranial tumor infiltration and slow tumor growth was observed. MRI Scan raised suspicion of an intracranial tumor. Only via ultrasound, integrity of the scull could be confirmed and intracranial expansion was ruled out. Complete tumor excision was performed. Histopathological evaluation of the tumor showed a myofibroma that was resected in toto with negative resection margins.

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