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Congenital myxoma in childhood: A report of two cases
Author(s) -
Chaves E.,
N⊙brega C.,
Oliveira A. M.,
Cartaxo O.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197107)28:1<239::aid-cncr2820280149>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , myxoma , malignancy , stroma , infiltration (hvac) , pathology , anatomy , radiology , immunohistochemistry , physics , thermodynamics
Two cases of congenital myxomas in children 1 and 4 years old, respectively, and localized in the parotid region and retroperitoneum are described. Myxomas are tumors rarely found in children. They are seen characteristically to grow by local infiltration and expansion, and although they often recur when incompletely removed they never give rise to metastases to distant organs. Histologically, they are characterized by a proliferation of loosely scattered stellate and spindle‐shaped cells set in a myxomatous and edematous stroma. No evidence of malignancy in pure myxomas has been demonstrated.