Cervical congenital infantile fibrosarcoma: a case report

• Published in: Journal of medical case reports Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 41
• Main Authors: Gupta, Alisha, Sharma, Shilpa, Mathur, Sandeep, Yadav, D K, Gupta, D K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 24.02.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adults; Cancer; Care and treatment; Case Report; Case reports; Case studies; Chemotherapy; Diagnosis; Fibrosarcoma; Genetic disorders; Head and neck tumors; Health aspects; Histochemistry; Histopathology; Infant; Infantile fibrosarcoma; Infants; Neck; Pediatric research; Pediatrics; Sarcoma; Stem cells; Tumors; Vincristine; Infant; Infantile fibrosarcoma; Neck
• ISSN: 1752-1947; 1752-1947
• DOI: 10.1186/s13256-019-1968-0

Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor seen in children as well as adults. The congenital variety is rare and out of the reported cases only one case sited in the neck has been reported so far. Another such case is presented here who was successfully managed. A 3-month-old Hindu baby boy presented with a congenital neck swelling. The apparent clinical diagnosis was lympho-venous malformation. With a remote possibility of malignancy, an excisional biopsy was done. Histopathology revealed congenital infantile fibrosarcoma. A successful excision of cervical congenital infantile fibrosarcoma has not been reported. This diagnosis should be kept as a possibility in all congenital cervical swellings. These are commonly misdiagnosed as lympho-venous malformations and histopathology is confirmatory.