Desmoid Tumor

Desmoid tumor of the tongue.

Desmoid tumors are rare neoplasms accounting for 0.03% of all neoplasms and have an estimated incidence of 2 to 4 per million per year. World Health Organization currently refers to all of the deep types of fibromatosis as desmoid-type of fibromatoses. The term "desmoid" refers to the hard, tendon-like appearance of the tumor. The etiological factors suggested include genetic, endocrine and phy...

Desmoid tumor of the stomach.

A 56-year-old manwas referred to our department for evaluation of a gastric mass. His medical history revealed that he had undergone distal gastrectomy for an early gastric carcinoma 18 months previously. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a well-defined, contrastenhancing mass, 3.3cm in diameter, with uniform inner structure in the stomach (●" Fig.1). Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (E...

A Mesenteric Desmoid Tumor with Rapid Progression

We herein report the case of a rapidly progressive sporadic mesenteric desmoid tumor (DT). A 62-year-old woman presented with a 4-cm-diameter palpable mass in the left supraumbilical area. The mass showed an ill-defined margin with heterogeneous delayed enhancement on computed tomography and heterogeneous high intensity on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Sixteen months after the initial...

Extra-abdominal desmoid tumor. A case report.

Aggressive Desmoid Tumor Mimicking Breast Cancer

sive disease (1). An accurate diagnosis is difficult because of the similar clinical and imaging findings to a breast malignancy. Desmoid tumors are found mainly in young women and in patients with previous surgical trauma or reconstruction. We report the case of a 72year-old female presenting with an aggressive desmoid tumor that mimicked breast carcinoma but was not associated with previous t...