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Fibromatosis colli (FMC), also termed sternocleidomastoid tumor of infancy, pseudotumor of infancy, [1] and infancy sternocleidomastoid pseudotumor, [2] is an uncommon (incidence: 0.4%–1.3% of live births), congenital tumor in one of the two sternocleidomastoid neck muscles although rare cases have presented with a FMC tumor in both sternocleidomastoid muscles. [3]
Fibrous hamartoma of infancy [7] Fibromatosis colli, also termed sternomastoid tumor of infancy, sternocleidomastoid pseudotumors, and congenital torticollis [8] Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis, also termed fibromatosis hyalinica multiplex juvenilis and the Murray–Puretic–Drescher syndrome, an autosomal recessive inherited genetic disease. [9]
The white tumor infiltrates the adjacent skeletal muscle (red tissue – lower left) and fat (yellow tissue – upper left). This tendency for invasion of adjacent normal tissues and structures is the reason that desmoid-type fibromatosis has a relatively high rate of local recurrence, even after surgical removal.
Ectopic thymus most often does not cause symptoms. [1] It is most frequently discovered as a soft mass or swelling in the neck of infants and children. [2] However, when symptoms do occur they are most commonly due to compression of nearby structures such as the trachea and esophagus.
Infantile myofibromatosis (IMF) is a rare tumor found in 1 in 150,000 to 1 in 400,000 live births. It is nonetheless the most common tumor derived from fibrous connective tissue that occurs primarily in infants and young children.
The therapy, branded as Ryoncil, is the first mesenchymal stromal cell therapy approved to treat pediatric patients aged two months and older whose GVHD symptoms have not responded to standard ...
Greg Myers had his las truly decadent family meal on Christmas 2021, two days before he had his stomach surgically removed. “We went all out,” says Kristie, 52, who works as a program manager ...
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