Overcoming diagnostic challenges in desmoplastic fibroma of the scapula: a rare case report.
Mehran RazavipourHadi AkhlaghiAmirsaleh AbdollahiPublished in: Oxford medical case reports (2023)
Desmoplastic fibroma (DF) is an aggressive benign tumor that commonly affects long tubular bones. Also, the skull, mandible, pelvis and spine involvement have been reported. However, its occurrence in the scapula is extremely rare. In this case report, we present the challenging diagnosis and successful treatment of DF in a 27-year-old woman who had been experiencing worsening pain in her right shoulder for 5 years. Plain radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lucent, trabeculated and expansile infiltrative lesion, disrupting the posterior cortex and extended to the posterior soft tissue. After ruling out malignancy through a core needle biopsy, the patient underwent wide surgical resection of the tumor, which involved a hemi-scapulectomy. And histologic diagnosis consistent with DF, no postoperative radiation was administered. Remarkably, the patient became pain-free just 2 weeks after surgery. Follow-up examinations, X-rays and computed tomography scans conducted 6 weeks, 6 months and 18 months after surgery revealed no signs of recurrence.
Keyphrases
- case report
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- chronic pain
- pain management
- soft tissue
- contrast enhanced
- ultrasound guided
- neuropathic pain
- positron emission tomography
- single cell
- patients undergoing
- risk assessment
- gestational age
- functional connectivity
- dual energy
- radiation therapy
- endothelial cells