FINE-NEEDLE-ASPIRATION DIAGNOSIS OF FIBROMATOSIS-COLLI - A REPORT OF 3 CASES

BACKGROUND: Fibromatosis colli, a common cause of congenital muscular torticollis, should be differentiated from other neck masses in infant s. Invasive diagnostic and therapeutic measures should be avoided. CAS ES: Three infants under the age of 2 months presented with neck masses -a clinical suspicion of malignancy, lymphadenopathy and teratoma. The cytologic findings included dyshesive multinucleated skeletal muscle fragments showing degenerative and atrophic changes within a backgroun d of scattered reactive fibroblasts. CONCLUSION: Fine needle aspiratio n biopsy is a safe and rapid method of providing a confirmatory diagno sis of neck masses in infants.