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Right foot congenital infantile fibrosarcoma treated only with chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Demir Hacı Ahmet,
Akyüz Canan,
Varan Ali,
Ergen Fatma Bilge,
Büyükpamukçu Münevver
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.22389
Subject(s) - medicine , disarticulation , foot (prosody) , fibrosarcoma , amputation , blood cancer , chemotherapy , surgery , metatarsal bones , cancer , pathology , linguistics , philosophy
Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma (CIF) is a rare tumor in childhood. The 5‐year survival rate for CIFs is high and has been reported between 84% and 93%, but limb‐amputation/disarticulation is still a major problem. We report the case of a male newborn with a mass in his right foot. X‐ray and MRI revealed a mass destroying all tarsal, metatarsal, and phalangeal bones. The patient was treated only with VAC chemotherapy and is able to walk normally. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2010;54:618–620. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.