Abstract
Fibrocartilaginous mesenchymoma is a rare bone tumor arising from long bones in children
and adolescents. With only 21 cases reported in the literature, it is often not included
in the differential diagnosis in patients with a bone tumor. Previously, the youngest
case reported was in a 19-month-old boy, and a congenital variant had not been reported.
We describe a case of congenital fibrocartilaginous mesenchymoma of the proximal tibia
that presented shortly after birth. Biopsy of a suspected malignancy on imaging confirmed
the diagnosis. The child was temporarily lost to follow up and presented again with
genu varum and limb shortening but surprisingly, the tumor had completely resolved
without surgical intervention.
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Publication history
Accepted:
August 20,
2012
Received in revised form:
August 18,
2012
Received:
May 19,
2012
Footnotes
☆Conflict of Interest: Each author certifies that he or she has no commercial associations that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article. The institution of the authors has not received funding from any source. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
☆☆Location: The case reported is of a patient who was treated in the Department of Orthopedics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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© 2012 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
