Extra-abdominal desmoid tumor with osseous involvement

Skeletal Radiol. 2012 Apr;41(4):483-7. doi: 10.1007/s00256-011-1336-7. Epub 2011 Dec 31.

Abstract

Deep fibromatoses, or desmoid tumors, arise from connective tissue. Imaging can frequently suggest the diagnosis of these aggressive, benign neoplasms. Cross-sectional imaging commonly demonstrates an enhancing solid mass that resembles scar tissue, typically without osseous involvement. We report a case of an extra-abdominal desmoid tumor involving the teres minor muscle in a symptomatic 42-year-old woman with unusual features of medullary involvement and negative nuclear beta-catenin staining.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Humerus
  • Limb Salvage
  • Muscle Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Shoulder