Congenital generalized fibromatosis

Shnitka, T. K.; Douglas, Maureen; Horner, Ronald H.

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(195805/06)11:3<627::aid-cncr2820110326>3.0.co;2-k

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“…Three diseases must be differentiated from juvenile hyaline fibromatosis. The first is congenital generalized fibromatosis [Shnitka et al, 1958;Kauffman and Stout, 1965;Heiple et al, 1972;Schaffzin et al, 1972;Allen, 1977;Rosenberg et al, 1978;Stringer and Hall, 1981;Brill et al, 19821. This disease does not have a known etiology.…”

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Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis: Two new patients and review of the literature

et al. 1987

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We report on a sister and a brother (born to normal consanguineous parents) with joint contractures and osteolytic lesions of bones. The sister had also gingival hyperplasia and skin lesions consisting of multiple tumors of the face, nose, palate, ears, and neck. Histologic examination showed findings of juvenile hyaline fibromatosis. The literature is reviewed, and 15 cases already reported are summarized.

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Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis: Two new patients and review of the literature

et al. 1987

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“…The tumour showed a preference for the head and upper part of the body, including the arm.6'0" However, only a few patients with ocular adnexal involvement have been described. '317 21 A female infant with congenital generalised fibromatosis and a large right infiltrating orbital tumour has been described.2' This mass also showed variation in cellular density, with marked vascularity in the peripheral areas. In a study of six children' five had involvement of the inferior orbital rim, with tumour extension into the lower lid in one patient.…”

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Juvenile fibromatosis of the orbit: a case report with review of the literature.

Campbell

Garrity

1991

British Journal of Ophthalmology

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Proliferation of fibrous tissues to form a localised mass with infiltrating margins may occur anywhere in the body; involvement of the orbit is rare. Children and young adults are most commonly affected. The term 'juvenile fibromatosis' is one of several synonyms. Of the two main forms of this entity, the solitary form is the more common and the prognosis is good. The multicentric form has a poor prognosis. The patient described, a 2½2-year-old boy, had a solitary nodule of juvenile fibromatosis removed from the right orbit and was asymptomatic 23/4 years postoperatively.

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“…The nodules are thought to represent multiple foci and not metastases from a single source. 7 Although the aetiology of congenital generalised fibromatosis is unknown, the condition may be an abnormal response to oestrogen stimulation. The lesions develop in utero and ultimately regress when removed from the uterine environment.…”

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