Factors Associated with Disease Stabilization of Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis.

Background: Spontaneous disease stabilization of desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF) has been demonstrated in many reports, and the watchful waiting approach without any frontline treatment is becoming popular as an initial management strategy. In this study, we aimed to assess the disease stabilization rate and identify predictive factors for disease stabilization of DF in patients with conservative treatment.

Methods: We reviewed 76 patients with sporadic extra-abdominal DF who were managed with frontline conservative treatment in our institute.

An unusual case of proximal humeral simple bone cyst in an adult from secondary cystic change.

Background: Simple bone cysts (SBC) have been documented to occur in adults with closed physeal plates, most commonly affecting the calcaneus in this patient subset. Although most authors theorize an association to trauma, etiology of simple bone cysts remains an enigma up to now.

Case Presentation: A 26-year-old kickboxing coach sought consult for a painful right shoulder which on radiographs and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed a proximal humeral lesion with signs of ossification.

Solitary thoracic intramedullary spinal neurofibroma microsurgically extirpated via recapping T-saw laminoplasty.

We report the case of a 40-year-old female presenting with back pain that was complicated by a solitary intramedullary spinal cord mass at the T10-11 levels, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography myelography. Microsurgical en bloc extirpation of the tumor approached through a recapping T-saw laminoplasty of T10 was done, and histopathology findings revealed a diagnosis of neurofibroma. Solitary spinal neurofibroma is one of the rarest tumors involving the spinal cord and is very adherent for the lack of a well-defined capsule, requiring careful dissection under microscope magnification for successful en bloc resection.

Functional and radiological outcomes of a minimally invasive surgical approach to monostotic fibrous dysplasia.

Background: Reports showing high recurrence rates for intralesional curettage and bone grafting have made the current treatment principle for fibrous dysplasia controversial. This study aimed to report the postoperative clinical outcomes from three minimally invasive surgical strategies we use for monostotic fibrous dysplasia (MFD).

Patients And Methods: Twelve patients with MFD presenting with no pathologic fracture or deformity and treated with one of three surgical strategies-plain open biopsy, plain alpha-tricalcium phosphate (ATP) reconstruction, and prophylactic bridge plating-were included.

A case of infected schwannoma mimicking malignant tumor.

Background: Infected schwannoma has been reported, this being one of the four cases published in the literature. Infected schwannoma has proven to be a tough diagnostic challenge to the treating tumor surgeon, mimicking infectious entities and most essentially, a malignant tumor.

Case Presentation: The authors report the case of a 64-year-old male with a soft tissue mass in his right gluteal area that presented initially with right leg pain, then later with signs of inflammation on the tumor area.