Desmoid Tumours in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Review of 17 Patients from a Portuguese Tertiary Center [PDF]
, 2016 INTRODUCTION: Desmoid Tumours (DT) are benign tumours with an estimated incidence of 2-4 per million per year. Between 7-16% of them are associated with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) and are mostly parietal or intra-abdominal.
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Rare Tumors, 2019 Desmoid tumors are locally invasive sarcoma, affecting 5–6 individuals out of 1,000,000 per year. The desmoid tumors have high rates of recurrence after resection and can lead to significant deterioration of the quality of life of patients.
Kelly A Mercier, Darragh M Walsh
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Gene Expression Profiling in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Adenomas and Desmoid Disease [PDF]
, 2007 Gene expression profiling is a powerful method by which alterations in gene expression can be interrogated in a single experiment. The disease familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is associated with germline mutations in the APC gene, which result in ...
Nikola A Bowden +2 more
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2015 A 47-year-old female was referred to the hospital because of persistent pain at the ventral right side of the chest for several weeks. Except for ankylosing spondylitis, her medical history was insignificant. The patient doesn’t smoke and there is no history of thoracic trauma or surgery. There were no alarm symptoms.
D’Hooghe, L +4 more
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Small bowel obstruction caused by a fast‐growing desmoid tumor
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 Desmoid tumors are rare tumors which can cause intestinal obstructions. Surgical wide excision is currently the treatment of choice, with the goal of achieving free resection margins.
David Martin +3 more
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Desmoid tumor initially unresectable – About two cases [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2019 Desmoid tumor, also called aggressive fibromatosis, is a rare fibroblastic proliferation of connective tissue and skeletal muscle aponeurosis. The aetiology of desmoid tumours is poorly understood, but they have been related with oestrogen stimuli ...
Sara Senti Farraraons +4 more
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Post-traumatic soft tissue tumors: Case report and review of the literature a propos a Post-traumatic paraspinal desmoid tumor [PDF]
, 2008 Background Antecedent trauma has been implicated in the causation of soft tissue tumors. Several criteria have been established to define a cause-and-effect relationship.
Gutman Haim +3 more
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Subsequent Development of Desmoid Tumor after a Resected Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Case Reports in Pathology, 2018 Desmoid tumors (deep fibromatosis) of the mesentery are rare mesenchymal tumors. They are often misdiagnosed, especially with a previous history of resection for gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).
Areen Abdulelah Murshid +1 more
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An update on the management of sporadic desmoid-type fibromatosis: A European Consensus Initiative between Sarcoma PAtients EuroNet (SPAEN) and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)/Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group (STBSG) [PDF]
, 2017 Desmoid-type fibromatosis is a rare and locally aggressive monoclonal, fibroblastic proliferation characterized by a variable and often unpredictable clinical course.
Bauer, S. (Sebastian) +31 more
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A massive abdominal wall desmoid tumor occurring in a laparotomy scar: A case report [PDF]
, 2011 Introduction Desmoid tumors are benign but locally aggressive tumors of mesenchymal origin which are poorly circumscribed, infiltrate the surrounding tissue, lack a true capsule and are composed of abundant collagen.
Joseph K Wanjeri, Collins JO Opeya
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