title: Deep Neck Fibromatosis After Diskectomy and Cervical Fusion: Case Series and Review of the Literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to report head and neck deep fibromatosis as part of the differential diagnosis of a firm painful neck mass after cervical fusion and diskectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although they are rare tumors, fibromatosis tumors or desmoid tumors should be considered in a patient with a painful neck mass; a history of cervical spine surgery; and MRI findings showing a large, avidly enhancing, heterogeneous mass adjacent to surgical hardware that is hyperintense on T2-weighted imaging.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Head and Neck Radiology Section, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322.
authors.forename: Eduardo A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lacayo
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Glastonbury
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Jenny K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Kelly R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Magliocca
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Kenneth L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Head and Neck Radiology Section, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hudgins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: desmoid tumor; fibromatosis