Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)
- Volume 32 Issue 2
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- Pages.9-13
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- 2016
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- 1229-5183(pISSN)
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- 2586-2553(eISSN)
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A Case of Infantile Myofibroma in the Pre-auricular Area
전이개에 발생한 유아성 근섬유종 1례
- Kim, Deok Su (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
- Jang, Gyu Ho (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
- Kim, Jeong Kyu (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu)
- Received : 2016.06.27
- Accepted : 2016.10.12
- Published : 2016.11.30
Abstract
Infantile myofibromatosis is a rare benign neoplasm which is usually found in males. Most cases of the infantile myofibromatosis are discovered before the age of two years and about half of cases are found at muscle, tendon, and soft tissue of head-neck region. However, it is especially uncommon that infantile myofibroma occurs at the pre-auricular area. In current case, we report a twenty two months old male patient with