Infantile myofibroma or lymphatic malformation: differential diagnosis of neonatal cystic cervicofacial lesions

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 422-426

  Merrell, Stephen C ^a   Rahbar, Reza ^a   Alomari, Ahmad I ^a   Padua, Horacio M ^a   Vargas, Sara O ^a   Neufeld, Ellis J ^a   Dearden, Jennifer L ^a   Mulliken, John B ^a   Greene, Arin K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicofacial; Coagulopathy; Cystic; Infantile fibrosarcoma; Lymphatic malformation; Myofibroma; Myofibromatosis; Teratoma; Vascular anomaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCLEROTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC ABNORMALITIES; MYOFIBROMA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHATIC ABNORMALITIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOFIBROMA; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 77952859689     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181cfa777     Document Type: Article

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