Soft Tissue Tumors
A 28-year-old woman presents with a slowly enlarging, firm mass in her anterior abdominal wall, first noticed 6 months postpartum. She reports it is painless but has been growing steadily. She has a family history of colon polyps in her father. MRI shows a well-defined mass arising from the rectus abdominis muscle with infiltrative margins. Core needle biopsy confirms desmoid tumor (aggressive fibromatosis). Regarding desmoid tumors:
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Desmoid tumors (aggressive fibromatosis) are locally aggressive, clonal fibroblastic proliferations ...
Three clinical presentations exist: sporadic (most common, often young women, associated with trauma...
Desmoid tumors frequently metastasize to lungs and lymph nodes; they are classified as fully benign ...
Histology shows bland spindle cells with collagenous stroma, no significant mitotic activity or nucl...
Treatment has evolved from aggressive surgery to more conservative approaches; current recommendatio...
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