Desmoid tumor presenting as a superior sulcus tumor: a unique bone change in the vertebral body.
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.
Desmoid tumor, also referred to as aggressive fibromatosis, is a relatively rare, locally infiltrative, histologically benign tumor. This report details a case of desmoid tumor presented as a superior sulcus tumor, which showed a unique manifestation in the vertebral bodies on computed tomography.
PMID: 17954107 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]