Open AccessMulticentric extra-abdominal desmoid tumors arising in bilateral lower limbs
Author(s) -
Tokiko Shimoyama,
Koji Hiraoka,
Takanori Shoda,
Tetsuya Hamada,
Nobuhiro Fukushima,
Kensei Nagata
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
rare tumors
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2036-3613
pISSN - 2036-3605
DOI - 10.4081/rt.2010.e12
Subject(s) - medicine , buttocks , abdomen , shoulders , fibromatosis , abdominal wall , surgery , radiology
Extra-abdominal desmoid tumors preferentially affect the shoulders, arms, backs, buttocks, and thighs of young adults. Multicentric occurrence is rather rare but seems to be another distinctive feature of extra-abdominal desmoid tumors. In this article we report a rare case of multicentric extra-abdominal desmoid tumors arising in bilateral lower limbs
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