Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child

Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor (OFMT) is a rare benign tumor, most of which occurs in adults with localization in the subcutaneous tissue or muscle of the extremities. A five-year-old girl presented with a mass in her right upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (10 x 7 cm), our provisional dia...

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Main Authors: Che Ahmad, Aminudin, Ibrahim, Sharaf, AH, Hamzaini, Abdullah, Salmi, Mohd Ali, Siti Aishah
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Published: Malaysian Medical Associations 2004
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spelling iium-299382016-12-08T01:32:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29938/ Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child Che Ahmad, Aminudin Ibrahim, Sharaf AH, Hamzaini Abdullah, Salmi Mohd Ali, Siti Aishah RD701 Orthopedics Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor (OFMT) is a rare benign tumor, most of which occurs in adults with localization in the subcutaneous tissue or muscle of the extremities. A five-year-old girl presented with a mass in her right upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (10 x 7 cm), our provisional diagnosis was a soft tissue sarcoma. A tru-cut biopsy showed that the lesion was benign. The mass was excised and has not recurred since. To the best of our knowledge, this patient is the youngest case of OFMT reported in the English literature Malaysian Medical Associations 2004-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29938/1/OSSIFIYING_FIBROMYXOID_TUMOR.pdf Che Ahmad, Aminudin and Ibrahim, Sharaf and AH, Hamzaini and Abdullah, Salmi and Mohd Ali, Siti Aishah (2004) Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 59 (Supp.F). pp. 49-51. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15941162
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topic RD701 Orthopedics
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Che Ahmad, Aminudin
Ibrahim, Sharaf
AH, Hamzaini
Abdullah, Salmi
Mohd Ali, Siti Aishah
Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child
description Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor (OFMT) is a rare benign tumor, most of which occurs in adults with localization in the subcutaneous tissue or muscle of the extremities. A five-year-old girl presented with a mass in her right upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (10 x 7 cm), our provisional diagnosis was a soft tissue sarcoma. A tru-cut biopsy showed that the lesion was benign. The mass was excised and has not recurred since. To the best of our knowledge, this patient is the youngest case of OFMT reported in the English literature
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author Che Ahmad, Aminudin
Ibrahim, Sharaf
AH, Hamzaini
Abdullah, Salmi
Mohd Ali, Siti Aishah
author_facet Che Ahmad, Aminudin
Ibrahim, Sharaf
AH, Hamzaini
Abdullah, Salmi
Mohd Ali, Siti Aishah
author_sort Che Ahmad, Aminudin
title Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child
title_short Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child
title_full Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child
title_fullStr Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child
title_full_unstemmed Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child
title_sort ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child
publisher Malaysian Medical Associations
publishDate 2004
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/29938/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/29938/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/29938/1/OSSIFIYING_FIBROMYXOID_TUMOR.pdf
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