Desmoid tumor in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2010 CONTEXT: Desmoid tumors constitute one of the most important extraintestinal manifestations of familial adenomatous polyposis. The development of desmoids is responsible for increasing morbidity and mortality rates in cases of familial adenomatous ...
Raquel Franco Leal +5 more
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Does A Vertebra Fracture Cause A Tumor? A Dorsolumbar Paraspinal Desmoid Tumor: Case Report
Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2020 Extraabdominal desmoid tumors are uncommon soft-tissue tumors. The etiology of the tumor is still unclear. Injury is one of the etiological factors of soft-tissue tumors.
Zeki Serdar Ataizi +3 more
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Sporadic intra-abdominal desmoid tumor with a very unusual onset: two case reports
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Intra-abdominal desmoid tumors are rare soft tissue tumors that arise mainly in the mesentery and pelvis. Their etiology may include genetic mutations, estrogen-associated changes after childbirth, and mechanical factors such as a history of ...
Hiroshi Kuwabara +6 more
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Current management and recent progress in desmoid tumors
Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 2022 Desmoid tumors are rare soft tissue tumors that can have aggressive infiltrative growth and relapse locally. Desmoid tumors can impact functionality and cause treatment-related morbidity and mortality.
Maggie Y. Zhou +4 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 +2 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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Pancreatic desmoid tumor in a 4-year-old male with hemihypertrophy
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2015 We report the first case of a pancreatic desmoid tumor detected during follow-up for hemihypertrophy in a 4-year-old boy. Hemihypertrophy is a rare disorder in which one side of the body grows more than the other, causing asymmetry, and well-known ...
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Desmoid tumors are rare lesions. Although they demonstrate tumor characteristics, such as infiltrative growth and tendency towards local recurrence, they lack the ability to metastasize. To date, the cause of desmoid tumors is unknown.
Obinna Chukwunwike Njoku +1 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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Interventional oncology in children: Where are we now?
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.Abstract Paediatric Interventional Oncology (IO) lags behind adult IO due to a scarcity of specific outcome data. The suboptimal way to evolve this field is relying heavily on adult experiences. The distinct tumour types prevalent in children, such as extracranial germ cell tumours, sarcomas, and neuroblastoma, differ strongly from those found in ...
Premal Amrishkumar Patel +1 more
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