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Infantile myofibromatosis: Diagnosis suggested by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy
Author(s) -
Ostrowski Mary L.,
Bradshaw James,
Garrison Donald
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.2840060412
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , fine needle aspiration , aspiration biopsy , parenchyma , pathology , involution (esoterism) , fibromatosis , radiology , politics , political science , law
A newborn male infant presented with multiple subcutaneous and parenchymal lesions. These lesions, thought clinically to represent disseminated neuroblastoma, were assessed via fine‐needle aspiration biopsy. The spindled cells and associated collagen were interpreted as a type of fibromatosis, most probably infantile myofibromatosis. This diagnosis was subsequently confirmed histologically, and the patient experienced spontaneous involution or regression of all lesions by 18 mo of age. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of this entity initially suggested on the basis of a fine‐needle aspiration biopsy specimen.