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Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible in an infant

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We report the CT and MR imaging findings of a case of a desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible in a 6-month-old girl who presented with a rapidly enlarging facial mass and who represents one of the youngest reported children with this rare tumor. Although imaging is non-specific and these lesions are best distinguished histologically, the desmoplastic fibroma should be considered when there is an occurrence of any bubbly or cystic expansile mandibular lesion presenting in childhood.

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  1. Neuroradiology Section, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Franz J. Wippold II & Gregory Jamroz

  2. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Franz J. Wippold II

  3. Department of Pathology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St., Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Frances V. White

  4. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, MO, USA

    Bruce Haughey & James Forsen

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Wippold II, F.J., White, F.V., Jamroz, G. et al. Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible in an infant. Pediatr Radiol 35, 906–909 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-005-1479-6

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