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Congenital Myofibroma Masquerading as an Ulcerated Infantile Hemangioma in a Neonate
Author(s) -
Friedman Ben J.,
Shah Kara N.,
Taylor Jesse A.,
Rubin Adam I.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01678.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangioma , infantile hemangioma , biopsy , soft tissue , pathology
We report a case of a solitary infantile myofibroma masquerading as an ulcerated infantile hemangioma. Infantile myofibroma is a rare soft tissue tumor that has a good prognosis in the solitary form. It may be difficult to distinguish clinically from more common tumors of infancy such as an infantile hemangioma or from other rare entities and therefore requires a biopsy for definitive diagnosis.