Desmoid tumor

A desmoid tumor (DT) is a benign, locally invasive soft tissue tumor associated with a high recurrence rate but with no metastatic potential.

Fasciitis

Inflammation of fascia, the tissue under the skin and over the muscle.


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PMID (PMCID)
27635978
 MALE Child
Recurrent giant cranial desmoid tumor in a 3-year-old boy with familial adenomatous polyposis requiring bifrontoparietal cranioplasty: case report.
Li L, Jensen JN, Szabo S, VanTuinen P, Lew SM.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016;25(6):703-707.
The authors report the case of an 18-month-old boy who underwent resection of a right temporal desmoid tumor (initially diagnosed as cranial fasciitis) and developed a bilateral frontoparietal calvarial desmoid tumor 2 years later.
27635978
 MALE Child
Recurrent giant cranial desmoid tumor in a 3-year-old boy with familial adenomatous polyposis requiring bifrontoparietal cranioplasty: case report.
Li L, Jensen JN, Szabo S, VanTuinen P, Lew SM.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016;25(6):703-707.
The authors report the case of an 18-month-old boy who underwent resection of a right temporal desmoid tumor (initially diagnosed as cranial fasciitis) and developed a bilateral frontoparietal calvarial desmoid tumor 2 years later.
27635978
 MALE Child
Recurrent giant cranial desmoid tumor in a 3-year-old boy with familial adenomatous polyposis requiring bifrontoparietal cranioplasty: case report.
Li L, Jensen JN, Szabo S, VanTuinen P, Lew SM.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016;25(6):703-707.
The authors believe, however, that some of the cases previously reported as cranial fasciitis are likely desmoid tumors pathobiologically and genetically.