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Abdominal desmoid tumors

Surgical Oncology, 2007
Desmoid tumors are rare, benign, fibromatous lesions that are the result of abnormal proliferation of myofibroblasts. Desmoid tumors can be classified as extra-abdominal and abdominal. Abdominal desmoid tumors are either superficial or intraabdominal.
Sakorafas, George H., Nissotakis, Christos, Peros, George   +2 more
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An Intra-Abdominal Desmoid Tumor, Embedded in the Pancreas, Preoperatively Diagnosed as an Extragastric Growing Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Case Reports in Oncology, 2017
A 45-year-old woman was found to have a pancreatic tumor by abdominal ultrasound performed for a medical check-up. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a hypovascular tumor measuring 30 mm in diameter in the pancreatic tail.
Mari Mizuno, Yoshiaki Kawaguchi, Aya Kawanishi, Yohei Kawashima, Atsuko Maruno, Masami Ogawa, Mifuji Tomioku, Daisuke Furukawa, Kazuhito Nabeshima, Kenji Nakamura, Kenichi Hirabayashi, Tetsuya Mine   +11 more
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The paradox of cancer genes in non-malignant conditions: implications for precision medicine. [PDF]

, 2020
Next-generation sequencing has enabled patient selection for targeted drugs, some of which have shown remarkable efficacy in cancers that have the cognate molecular signatures.
Adashek, Jacob J, Kato, Shumei, Kurzrock, Razelle, Lippman, Scott M   +3 more
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Aggressive fibromatosis of the head and neck: a new classification based on a literature review over 40 years (1968-2008) [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Fibromatosis is an aggressive fibrous tumor of unknown etiology that is, in some cases, lethal. Until now, there has been no particular classification for the head and neck.
A Azzarelli, A Gronchi, A Humar, A Leithner, AJ Chalmers, AP Stout, AP Stout, AR Bhaskar, Astrid L. Kruse, C Gebert, CA Kingston, CB Fowler, D Santis De, F Fritzmeier, FM Enzinger, H Lackner, H Qi, HC Park, Heinz T. Luebbers, I Wever De, J Conley, J Mace, J Styczynski, JD Raguse, JJ Reitamo, JJ Reitamo, JK Masson, Joachim A. Obwegeser, JR Benson, JT Plukker, Klaus W. Grätz, LB Faulkner, MA Spear, MC Heinrich, MC Posner, MS Turner, P Hayry, P Scougall, PM Tostevin, PW Allen, RT Hunt, S Buitendijk, SE Lakhan   +42 more
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Successful treatment with radiation therapy for desmoid-type fibromatosis with unilateral hydronephrosis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Desmoid-type fibromatosis is a rare disease that can result in hydronephrosis. Hydronephrosis associated with desmoid-type fibromatosis often requires surgery or ureteral stent insertion.
Yojiro Ishikawa, Rei Umezawa, Takaya Yamamoto, Noriyoshi Takahashi, Kazuya Takeda, Yu Suzuki, Keiichi Jingu   +6 more
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Mesenchymal adenomatous polyposis coli plays critical and diverse roles in regulating lung development. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundAdenomatous polyposis coli (Apc) is a tumor suppressor that inhibits Wnt/Ctnnb1. Mutations of Apc will not only lead to familial adenomatous polyposis with associated epithelial lesions, but will also cause aggressive fibromatosis in ...
Bellusci, Saverio, Chen, Hui, Chiu, Joanne, El Agha, Elie, Luo, Yongfeng, Menke, Douglas B, Qian, Bang-Ping, Shi, Wei, Turcatel, Gianluca, Warburton, David   +9 more
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Laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy for a solid-cystic intraabdominal desmoid tumor at a gastro-pancreatic lesion: a case report

BMC Surgery, 2020
Background We report a case of an intraabdominal desmoid tumor that occurred at a gastro-pancreatic lesion with spontaneous cystic features, and present the successful laparoscopic resection of the tumor.
Keishi Sugimachi, Tomohiro Iguchi, Mitsuhiko Ohta, Yohei Mano, Terumasa Hisano, Ryohei Yokoyama, Kenichi Taguchi, Masahiko Ikebe, Masaru Morita, Yasushi Toh   +9 more
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Preventing neurovascular invasion in desmoid tumors

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020
Desmoid tumors or aggressive fibromatoses are rare, non-encapsulated, infiltrative and locally aggressive tumors originating from deep musculo-aponeurotic structures.
Harzem Ozger, Okan Ozkunt, Turgut Akgul, Yavuz Saglam   +3 more
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A Case Report of Radiation Therapy as Definitive Treatment for Desmoid Tumor in a Young Girl

Indonesian Journal of Cancer, 2023
Introduction: Desmoid tumor is a benign growth that can exhibit aggressiveness and various patterns, resulting in a wide range of management methods.
Rafiq Sulistyo Nugroho, Irma Darinafitri , Eviana Norahmawati , Istan Irmansyah Irsan   +3 more
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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, Amanda Croft, Rodney J Scott   +2 more
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