title: An unusual case of extra-abdominal desmoid tumour.
abstract: Desmoid tumour is relatively rare and generally non-metastatisizing lesion of mesenchymal origin composed of fibrous tissue and fitting in the group of aggressive fibromatosis; it is a locally aggressive proliferative soft-tissue lesion with controversial nature. This tumour accounts for 0.03% of all tumours and 3% of soft-tissue tumours with annual incidence of two to four cases per million. Although desmoid tumours are more common in persons aged 10-40 years than in others, they do occur in young children and older adults; in children the sex incidence is equal. This is a rare case of extra-abdominal desmoid tumour in a 14-year-old girl affected by spastic tetraparesis. To our knowledge no similar cases are present in literature to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, Pediatric Surgical Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. dr.zampieri@libero.it
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zampieri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cecchetto
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Zorzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pietrobelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ottolenghi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Camoglio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome