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Infantile (desmoid-type) fibromatosis of the parotid gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Ramesh Chandran Ramanathan  and
J. Meirion Thomas
Ramesh Chandran Ramanathan
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
J. Meirion Thomas*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: J. Meirion Thomas, M.S., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Consultant Surgeon, Sarcoma and Melanoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ.
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Abstract

Infantile fibromatosis, one of the fibrous tumours of infancy and childhood, is a fibroproliferative lesion characterized by aggressive local invasion without any tendency to metastasize, the absence of cytological evidence of malignancy and a high rate of local recurrence when incompletely excised. We report a case of infantile (desmoid-type) fibomatosis in a seven-year-old girl arising from the deep lobe of the parotid gland that was treated by complete surgical excision with preservation of the facial nerve. The clinical features, pathology and treatment are briefly discussed.

Keywords

FibromaInfantParotid neoplasmssurgery
Type
Oncology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 7 , July 1997 , pp. 669 - 670
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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