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Infantile myofibromatosis: a rare cause of subcutaneous nodules in an infant

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We present a 9-month-old boy, second child of non-consanguineous healthy parents, born after a full-term pregnancy. At 10th day of life, multiple subcutaneous nodules appeared, which progressively increased in size… Click to show full abstract

We present a 9-month-old boy, second child of non-consanguineous healthy parents, born after a full-term pregnancy. At 10th day of life, multiple subcutaneous nodules appeared, which progressively increased in size and number. The biggest one was evident in the forehead (figure 1); multiple subcentimetric nodules were detectable only on palpation on the trunk. Lesions were unpainful, mobile or fixed. Figure 1 Frontoparietal fixed subcutaneous nodule. Whole-body MRI showed multiple areas with stromal …

Keywords: nodules infant; cause subcutaneous; infantile myofibromatosis; myofibromatosis rare; subcutaneous nodules; rare cause

Journal Title: Archives of Disease in Childhood
Year Published: 2020

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