Interferon-induced remission of rapidly growing aggressive fibromatosis in the temporal fossa

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2004 Sep;33(6):606-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2004.01.011.

Abstract

Aggressive fibromatosis is the name for uncommon soft-tissue neoplasms arising within musculoaponeurotic tissue. They show benign histologic features but have an aggressive local behaviour and frequently recur after surgery or radiation. A 48-year-old black woman presented with recurrent aggressive fibromatosis after primary radiotherapy in the left temporal fossa involving the base of the skull. The patient received interferon alpha2a subcutaneously for 6 months. A slow but steady reduction of the tumour was observed, and pre-existing symptoms disappeared.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / drug therapy*
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / pathology
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha / administration & dosage*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Recombinant Proteins

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Recombinant Proteins