Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour in a child

• Main Authors: Che Ahmad, Aminudin, Ibrahim, Sharaf, AH, Hamzaini, Abdullah, Salmi, Mohd Ali, Siti Aishah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Associations 2004
• Subjects: RD701 Orthopedics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/29938/1/OSSIFIYING_FIBROMYXOID_TUMOR.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29938/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15941162

Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor (OFMT) is a rare benign tumor, most of which occurs in adults with localization in the subcutaneous tissue or muscle of the extremities. A five-year-old girl presented with a mass in her right upper thigh. Due to the large size of the mass (10 x 7 cm), our provisional dia...