Fibromatosis in children. An attempt at classification, apropos of a case of extensive ossifying fibromatosis
Barrière, H.; Litoux, P.; Bureau BWelin, J.; Stalder, J.F.
Annales de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie 102(1): 5-20
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3979 PMID: 818938 Document Number: 93439
In children, fibromatoses are fairly uncommon tumours assuming a variety of forms, whilst cutaneous fibromas are rarely found. Recognisable histologically by varied degrees of proliferation of fibroblasts and collagenous fibres, they present a very varied clinical and evolutive picture. A description is given of a case corresponding to "progressive ossifying myositis" and a criticism made of this designation which includes a condition which is not myositis at all but rather an ossifying fibromatosis.