title: Intracranial desmoid tumor with familial adenomatous polyposis coli.
abstract: Intracranial desmoid tumors are extremely rare. The association of desmoid tumors with familial adenomatous polyposis coli was reported previously, with the tumors involving trunk and extremities. We report a 3.5-year-old girl with intracranial desmoid tumor with familial adenomatous polyposis coli. This condition in a child is rarely reported. Follow-up of the patient after cranial surgery and of the family for this premalignant inherited condition is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. nalanyaz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nalan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yazici
authors.forename: Bilgehan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yalçin
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soylemezoğlu
authors.forename: Ayşenur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cila
authors.forename: Nejat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akalan
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: Munevver
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buyukpamukçu
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree