title: An unusual case of chest wall desmoid tumor.
abstract: Desmoid tumor of the chest wall are uncommon fibromatous tumors characterized by their local invasion and frequent recurrences. Extra-abdominal sites are mainly the shoulder girdle, the pelvic girdle and distal ends of the lower limbs. The chest wall represents 8-10% of cases and the tumor is exceptionally intrathoracic. We present here a rare case of a large desmoid tumor of left antero-lateral chest wall. In the presented case, wide excision of the tumor and chest wall reconstruction was done. There was no recurrence in 3 years of follow up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, Punjab India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: Rikki
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singal
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: Ashok K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Attri
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: Anupama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
keywords: Chest wall; Extra abdominal tumor; Surgery