title: Thoracic epidural desmoplastic fibroma.
abstract: Desmoplastic fibroma is a relatively uncommon tumor and rarely involves the spine. The authors describe a 20-year-old woman with a thoracic epidural desmoplastic fibroma treated by complete resection and posterior spinal fusion. Four years after surgery, neither the tumor nor clinical symptoms have recurred. Thus, complete resection is considered necessary to treat this tumor.
authors.affiliation: Shinshu University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuzawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takaoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018220:Fibroma, Desmoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome