Thoracic epidural desmoplastic fibroma

J Spinal Disord. 2000 Jun;13(3):267-70. doi: 10.1097/00002517-200006000-00012.

Abstract

Desmoplastic fibroma is a relatively uncommon tumor and rarely involves the spine. The authors describe a 20-year-old woman with a thoracic epidural desmoplastic fibroma treated by complete resection and posterior spinal fusion. Four years after surgery, neither the tumor nor clinical symptoms have recurred. Thus, complete resection is considered necessary to treat this tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Epidural Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Epidural Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Epidural Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Fibroma, Desmoplastic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibroma, Desmoplastic / pathology*
  • Fibroma, Desmoplastic / surgery
  • Humans
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome