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Infantile Myofibromatosis

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Infantile myofibromatosis, previously known as congenital generalized fibromatosis, is the most common fibrous tumor of infancy (Wiswell et al. 1988). It is characterized by the formation of tumors, either in a solitary or in a multicentric fashion, in the skin, muscle, viscera, bone, and subcutaneous tissue.

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Chen, H. (2016). Infantile Myofibromatosis. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_134-2

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