infantile myofibromatosis
- infantile myofibromatosis
- a condition present at birth or occurring soon after, characterized by solitary or multiple, firm, rubbery, spherical or ovoid nodules in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. The nodules are composed of myofibroblasts and may undergo ulceration and calcification. In about half of patients, skeletal fibromas also occur; when lesions are limited to the skin and bones (a condition sometimes known as congenital multiple fibromatosis), prognosis is good and lesions resolve spontaneously. Visceral involvement may also occur (congenital generalized fibromatosis, q.v.) and is highly lethal.
Medical dictionary.
2011.
Look at other dictionaries:
Infantile myofibromatosis — (also known as Congenital generalized fibromatosis, [1] and Congenital multicentric fibromatosis [1]) is the most common fibrous tumor of infancy, in which eighty percent of patients have solitary lesions with half of these occurring on the head… … Wikipedia
myofibromatosis — Solitary or multiple tumors of muscle and fibrous tissue, or tumors composed by myofibroblasts. [myo + L. fibra, fiber, + G. suffix, oma, tumor, + suffix osis, condition] infantile m. m. seen at birth or in infants, with … Medical dictionary
List of cutaneous conditions — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. See also: Cutaneous conditions, Category:Cutaneous conditions, and ICD 10… … Wikipedia
List of diseases (I) — A list of diseases in the English wikipedia.DiseasesTOC * I cell diseaseIb* IBIDS syndromeIcIcf* ICF syndromeIch* Ichthyophobia * Ichthyosiform erythroderma corneal involvement deafness * Ichthyosis alopecia eclabion ectropion mental retardation… … Wikipedia
congenital multiple fibromatosis — see infantile myofibromatosis, under myofibromatosis … Medical dictionary
Fibromatosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|M|72|9|m|70 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D005350 The term fibromatosis refers to a group of benign soft tissue tumors (fibromas)… … Wikipedia
congenital generalized fibromatosis — a type of infantile myofibromatosis characterized by multiple small, firm, spherical or ovoid fibromas of subcutaneous tissue, muscle, viscera, and bone. Visceral involvement may be responsible for symptoms such as intestinal obstruction,… … Medical dictionary
