An unusual case of fatty liver in a patient with desmoid tumor

作     者：Francesca De Felice Daniela Musio Rossella Caiazzo Bartolomeo Dipalma Lavinia Grapulin Camilla Proietti Semproni Vincenzo Tombolini 

作者机构：Department of Radiological Sciences-Oncology and Pathological Anatomyand Department of RadiotherapyUniversity of Rome "La Sapienza"00161 RomeItaly 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第18卷第24期

页      面：3173-3176页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Desmoid tumor Aggressive fibromatosis Fattyliver 

摘      要：A desmoid tumor,also known as aggressive fibromatosis,is a rare benign neoplasm that arises from fascial or musculoaponeurotic *** can occur in any anatomical location,most commonly the abdominal wall,shoulder girdle and *** typical clinical presentation is a painless mass with a slow and progressive invasion of contiguous *** is associated with a high local recurrence rate after *** issues regarding the optimal treatment of desmoid tumors remain *** surgical resection with a wide margin(2-3 cm) remains the gold standard treatment with regard to preserving quality of *** alone has been shown to be effective for the control of unresectable or recurrent *** tumors tend to be locally infiltrative,therefore,the fields must be generous to prevent marginal *** radiation dose appropriate for treating desmoid tumors remains *** present a 25-year-old Caucasian man with local recurrence of a desmoid tumor after repeated surgical resection,treated with *** patient achieved complete tumor regression at 4 mo after radiotherapy,and he is clinically free of disease at 12 mo after the end of treatment,with an acceptable quality of *** patient developed short bowel syndrome as a complication of second surgical ***,radiotherapy might have worsened an already present malabsorption and so led to steatohepatitis.