title: Desmoid tumor of the chest wall following chest surgery: report of a case.
abstract: Desmoid tumors of the chest wall following chest surgery are a rare occurrence. A case of this disease is reported herein together with a review of the literature. A 74-year-old man, who had previously undergone a right lower lobectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, was referred to our hospital with an abnormal shadow on his chest X-ray. The tumor, located in the right lateral chest wall, was successfully resected by an aggressive, wide extirpation, and a final diagnosis of a desmoid tumor originating in the chest wall was made. When following up patients after surgery for lung cancer, the possibility of desmoid tumors developing in the incised chest wall should therefore be kept in mind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawaura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tatsuzawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawashima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed