Non Surgical Desmoid Tumor with Pulmonary and Scapular Localization: A Case Report

Extra-abdominal desmoid tumor. A case report.

Huge Facial Desmoid Tumors with Neck Extension: A Case Report

Introduction: Desmoid tumors are very rare, benign fibrous neoplasms arise from the musculoaponeurotic structures throughout the body.   Case Report: The patient was a   seven-year old boy with a large mandibular mass growing over a period of six months. His CT-scan showed a large mass, 13 cm in diameter in the cheek area extending to the neck and trachea. Biopsy was compatible with desmoid fib...

Surgical extirpation of a chest wall desmoid tumor: a case report.

A case is described of an anterior chest wall desmoid tumor in a 20-year-old Micronesian male that had been previously incompletely resected one year prior to presentation. A radical chest wall resection was performed with reconstruction accomplished using a gortex patch and latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap. The patient developed a massive local recurrence within eight months following surger...

A Rare Intrathoracic Desmoid Type Fibromatosis Tumor: A Case Report

In August, 2013, a 76 year old African American female presented to her family physician with chest pain. A computed tomography (CT) scan identified a 4 cm, well-circumscribed mass of the left lung. Subsequently, on August 23, 2013, the patient underwent a left lung CT-directed fine needle aspiration (FNA) and core biopsy of the mass. An immediate adequacy check of the FNA revealed scant cellul...

Cushing’s syndrome associated with typical, peripheral pulmonary carcinoid tumor and N2 lymph node metastasis: case report

Background: The bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumor accounts for 1-2% of all adult malignancies of the lung and 20-30% of all carcinoid tumors. Cushing’s syndrome is the result of chronic exposure to increased concentration of exogenous or endo-genus cortisol hormone, and it is generally associated with central obesity, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension. Treatment is based on decreasing cortiso...