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J Chest Surg
November 2024
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Diaphragmatic fibromatosis is an exceptionally rare condition, with only 2 previously reported cases in the literature. We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with a left hypochondrial swelling measuring 19×18×13 cm on computed tomography. An endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy indicated low-grade papillary proliferation.
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December 2022
The Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650101, China. Electronic address:
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho
December 2020
Dept. of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Saiseikai Senri Hospital.
Here we report a case of a 41-year-old male patient who underwent resection of a desmoid tumor originating from the greater omentum with no history of open surgery. An elastic hard mass was palpated in the left upper abdomen, but there were no abnormalities on serum chemical tests, including tumor markers. Computed tomography showed a parenchymal tumor located near the descending colon.
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November 2020
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Desmoid tumors are rare mesenchymal proliferative tumors that are highly invasive but lack metastatic potential. We report the case of a 72-year-old man with a desmoid tumor arising from the anterior chest wall which invaded neighboring organs extensively. The patient complained of dyspnea on exertion and appetite loss and was referred to our hospital.
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August 2021
Laboratorio Oncológico Taxa. Lima, Perú; Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas. Lima, Perú.
Background: Desmoid type fibromatosis is a benign neoplastic process non-encapsulated locally invasive and aggressive, which arises from a proliferation of bland-looking fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. The most frequent location of fibromatosis is extraabdominal (60%), abdominal wall (25%) and intra-abdominal (8-15%), rarely can originate in the viscera (0.73%), such as the pancreas, gastroesophageal junction, diaphragm and appendix.
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