Desmoid fibromatosis of the shoulder and of the upper chest wall following a clavicular fracture.
A desmoid tumor of the shoulder girdle infiltrating the upper chest wall and weighing 1500 g was almost completely removed in an 18-year-old man, 27 months after a bifocal fracture of the clavicule. Thirteen years later, the patient was free of recurrence. The interval time between trauma and diagnosis, as the particular characteristics of aggressive fibromatosis, strongly support a major causal role of the clavicular fracture in the occurrence of this tumor.
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Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, CHRU de Caen, Cote de Nacre, France.
Le Rochais
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Galateau
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Evrard
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome