title: Aggressive fibromatosis of the neck: MR findings.
abstract: We present a case of aggressive fibromatosis of the scalene and longus colli muscles with surgically proved secondary involvement of the brachial plexus and carotid sheath in a 29-year-old woman in whom MR imaging failed to show involvement of the carotid sheath. The well-defined lesion was isointense on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted images relative to adjacent normal muscle and enhanced brightly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Department of Radiology, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garant
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Remy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Just
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000175:diagnosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis