CONGENITAL FIBROLIPOMA OF THE MESENCEPHAL O-PROTUBERANTIAL AREA

Authors
LARNAOUT A HENTATI F BENHAMIDA C KHROUF N BENHAMIDA M
Citation
A. Larnaout et al., CONGENITAL FIBROLIPOMA OF THE MESENCEPHAL O-PROTUBERANTIAL AREA, Archives de pediatrie, 1(10), 1994, pp. 913-915
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives de pediatrie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0929693X
Volume
1
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
913 - 915
Database
ISI
SICI code
0929-693X(1994)1:10<913:CFOTMO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Background. - Congenital origin of brain fibrolipoma is still debated. A case of such a tumor is presented. Case report. - A female newborn presented with severe hypotonia and macrocephaly that were seen since birth. She died at the age of 2 days. Post-mortem examination showed h ydrocephaly due to a tumor located in the mesencephalo-protuberantial region. Histological features of this tumor were those of a fibrolipom a. Conclusion. - The presence of this brainstem tumor at birth confirm s its congenital origin.