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Multicentric non‐visceral infantile myofibromatosis causing hip contracture
Author(s) -
Bittmann Stefan,
Doenmez Fatma,
Winkler Armin,
Diebold Kurt,
Katenkamp Detlef,
Tewes Gabriel,
Kruger Carsten
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2008.02778.x
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , complication , contracture , surgery
Correspondence: Carsten Kruger, MD, Department of Paedia trics, St Franziskus Hospital Ahlen, Robert-Koch Strasse 55, D-59227 Ahlen, Germany. Email: thea.carsten.krueger@web.de Received 4 November 2006; revised 18 April 2007; accepted 23 May 2007. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02778.x Infantile myofi bromatosis is a rare mesenchymal tumor in infancy and childhood, thus infrequently encountered by clinicians. 1,2 In general, three subgroups are differentiated: solitary; multicentric; and multicentric with visceral involvement. 1 – 3 The solitary form is usually cutaneous with dermal involvement and extension into the underlying subcutis, muscle or bone(s). 1,2