Involuting solitary cutaneous infantile myofibroma and thrombocytopaenia: a previously unreported clinical association

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1260-1262

  Leon Villapalos, J ^a   Wolfe, K ^b   Calonje, E ^c   Kangesu, L ^a  

^a St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemangioma; Infantile myofibroma; Kaposiform haemangioendothelioma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Thrombocytopaenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; TELANGIECTASIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR REGRESSION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOFIBROMA; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348835468     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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