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. 2015 Mar;2(1):44-46.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2015.03.006. Epub 2015 Apr 15.

Infantile orbital myofibroma

Joyce N Mbekeani  1   2 , Jean Louis Kemeny  3 , Hachemi Nezzar  4   5   6
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Infantile orbital myofibroma

Joyce N Mbekeani et al. Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2015 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: Actin; Desmin; Infantile tumors; Myofibroma; Orbital tumors.

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Figure 1
One-month old baby girl with a right upper supero-medial angle cystic lesion.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Three-month old baby with a dramatic increase in the supero-medial lesion, with inflammation, lid distortion and threatened occlusion of the visual axis.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Histopathology of a biopsy specimen: H&E − a (20 × ) & b (40 × ) Robust cellular vascular tissue in the myxoid matrix with a biphasic cellular pattern consisting of fascicles of eosinophilic spindle-shaped ‘myoid’ cells and small hyperchromatic cells with pseudorosettes (arrow) and rare mitoses. Immunohistochemistry showed diffuse staining for smooth muscle actin c (20×).
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