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Images in neonatal medicine
Congenital myofibroma of the hand
  1. Javier Arredondo Montero1,
  2. Mónica Bronte Anaut2,
  3. Serafín García Mata3
  1. 1 Pediatric Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  2. 2 Pathology, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  3. 3 Pediatric Traumatology, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Javier Arredondo Montero, Pediatric Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; javier.montero.arredondo{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-323387

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    A term newborn presented with a red-violaceous mass on the left hand encompassing the thenar eminence (figure 1). Ultrasonography showed a solid, slightly vascularised lesion involving the first metacarpal. MRI showed a solid, hypovascular mass with an area of necrosis infiltrating and involving the first metacarpal (figure 2A). A biopsy of the lesion was performed, which confirmed that it was a benign mesenchymal tumour compatible with myofibroma. A watchful waiting attitude with annual MRI controls …

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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