Extraabdominal desmoid tumor in a surgical scar of a patient with Sprengel's deformity

J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Oct;38(10):1540-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(03)00511-6.

Abstract

Patients with an extraabdominal desmoid tumor have multiple minor bone abnormalities. The authors describe a rare case of an extraabdominal desmoid tumor that developed in a scar 2 years after surgery for Sprengel's deformity of the right shoulder in an 8-year-old girl. The association between the tumor and Sprengel's deformity has never been reported previously. Antecedent surgical trauma might play a role in the development of this tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Back
  • Child
  • Cicatrix / complications*
  • Female
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / diagnosis*
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Radiography
  • Ribs / diagnostic imaging
  • Scapula / abnormalities*
  • Scapula / surgery
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / etiology*