Cervical congenital infantile fibrosarcoma: a case report

Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor seen in children as well as adults. The congenital variety is rare and out of the reported cases only one case sited in the neck has been reported so far. Another such case is presented here who was successfully managed. A 3-month-old Hin...

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Published in:Journal of medical case reports 2019-02, Vol.13 (1), p.41-41, Article 41
Main Authors: Gupta, Alisha, Sharma, Shilpa, Mathur, Sandeep, Yadav, D K, Gupta, D K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Cancer
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case reports
Case studies
Chemotherapy
Diagnosis
Fibrosarcoma
Genetic disorders
Head and neck tumors
Health aspects
Histochemistry
Histopathology
Infant
Infantile fibrosarcoma
Infants
Neck
Pediatric research
Pediatrics
Sarcoma
Stem cells
Tumors
Vincristine
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Summary:Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor seen in children as well as adults. The congenital variety is rare and out of the reported cases only one case sited in the neck has been reported so far. Another such case is presented here who was successfully managed. A 3-month-old Hindu baby boy presented with a congenital neck swelling. The apparent clinical diagnosis was lympho-venous malformation. With a remote possibility of malignancy, an excisional biopsy was done. Histopathology revealed congenital infantile fibrosarcoma. A successful excision of cervical congenital infantile fibrosarcoma has not been reported. This diagnosis should be kept as a possibility in all congenital cervical swellings. These are commonly misdiagnosed as lympho-venous malformations and histopathology is confirmatory.
ISSN:1752-1947
1752-1947
DOI:10.1186/s13256-019-1968-0