title: Musculoskeletal desmoid tumours: Diagnostic imaging appearances.
abstract: This study aimed to discuss the role medical imaging has on diagnosis of musculoskeletal desmoid tumours and to describe their radiological appearances on various imaging modalities. Imaging of histologically proven cases of desmoid tumours at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne were obtained via picture archiving communication system (PACS) and then assessed by two musculoskeletal radiologists. Suitable imagings were obtained from PACS. All imaging chosen was de-identified. Desmoid tumours can occur in many areas of the body. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of these tumours and magnetic resonance imaging has been the gold standard for imaging and is the most accurate in terms of assessing tumour margins and involvement of surrounding structures.
authors.affiliation: Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.affiliation: Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schlicht
authors.affiliation: Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Choong
authors.affiliation: Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slavin
authors.affiliation: Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pianta
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: computer tomography (CT); desmoid tumours; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); positron emission tomography (PET); radiography; ultrasound (US)