Intracranial desmoid tumor with familial adenomatous polyposis coli

Pediatr Neurosurg. 2008;44(2):140-3. doi: 10.1159/000113117. Epub 2008 Jan 24.

Abstract

Intracranial desmoid tumors are extremely rare. The association of desmoid tumors with familial adenomatous polyposis coli was reported previously, with the tumors involving trunk and extremities. We report a 3.5-year-old girl with intracranial desmoid tumor with familial adenomatous polyposis coli. This condition in a child is rarely reported. Follow-up of the patient after cranial surgery and of the family for this premalignant inherited condition is necessary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / complications
  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / genetics
  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / genetics
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / complications
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / genetics
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pedigree