The authors demonstrate in a group of 10 patients treated in the course of 15 years the rare incidence of aggressive fibromatosis of the extremities and the large number of relapses after surgery. They also emphasize the necessity of detailed preoperative examination, priority of a surgical approach, as compared with radiotherapeutic procedures, and the possibility of skeletal and vascular reconstruction after radical surgery.
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Am J Clin Pathol
January 2025
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, US.
Objectives: Abdominal wall and intra-abdominal fibromatoses are locally aggressive, nonmetastasizing neoplasms. Surgery has been the mainstay of local control, but new forms of therapy have been developed that may influence the clinical course and morbidity. We studied the clinical features and outcomes of patients with abdominal and intra-abdominal fibromatoses over time.
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January 2025
Department of Radiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Objective: To identify MRI features of desmoid tumors (DTs) that predict the growth of residual disease following ablation.
Methods: Patients who underwent MRI-guided ablation for DTs between February 2013 and April 2021 were included in this single-center IRB-approved retrospective study. MRI scans assessed three suspicious tissue features: intermediate T2 signal [+iT2], nodular appearance [+NOD], and contrast enhancement [+ENH].
Cureus
December 2024
Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN.
Desmoid fibromatosis (DF) is a rare, non-metastasizing but locally aggressive mesenchymal tumor arising from fibroblasts or myofibroblasts. We report a solitary case of DF involving the retropharyngeal and danger spaces, a location rarely documented. The patient, a woman in her 70s, presented with progressive pharyngeal discomfort over six months.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
We present the case of a man in his 60s with hypertension, who had a 3-year history of an irreducible mass in the left inguinal area. The patient presented at the emergency room with left lower quadrant pain and scrotal pain. The clinical examination was not suggestive of an acute abdomen.
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January 2025
Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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