MULTIFOCAL EXTRA-ABDOMINAL DESMOID TUMOR - DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTICPROBLEMS

Citation
F. Maurer et al., MULTIFOCAL EXTRA-ABDOMINAL DESMOID TUMOR - DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTICPROBLEMS, Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 115(6), 1996, pp. 359-362
Citations number
20
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
ISSN journal
0936-8051
Volume
115
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
359 - 362
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-8051(1996)115:6<359:MEDT-D>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The case of an 18-year-old girl is described who 1 year after surgical stabilisation of a spine injury developed a multifocal desmoid tumor in the scar region and another at a distance away from the scar in the area of the left scapula. After nononcological resection of both tumo rs subsequent diagnosis with magnetic resonance imagins (MRI) showed a questionable recurrence only in the scar; positron emission tomograph y failed to elucidate the local situation. Because a radical re-resect ion would mean mutilation, and local radiation may damage the spinal c ord, a 'wait-and-see' strategy was chosen for further follow-up.