title: CT manifestations of pediatric intrathoracic desmoid tumors.
abstract: We describe the CT findings in two pediatric cases of intrathoracic desmoid tumor arising from the chest wall. In both cases, CT showed heterogeneously enhanced intrathoracic masses with destruction of the ribs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawanami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zaizen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohgami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed