[Fibromatosis found during prenatal ultrasonography]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1995;24(1):52-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

During an antenatal echography, we observed a here to unreported fetal tumour which was diagnosed after birth as aggressive fibromatosis. The infant was treated with chemotherapy and, at the age of 27 months, still had a sclerous mass on the trunk which cause major scoliosis. Fibromatosis is a locally malignant fibrous tumour. During the unpredictable clinical course, recurrence after treatment as well as spontaneous regression is observed. Therapeutic management decisions (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy) must be made on a case by case basis. Hormone factors and inappropriate oncogene expression are pathogenic factor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fetal Diseases / drug therapy
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*