Recurrent giant cranial desmoid tumor in a 3-year-old boy with familial adenomatous polyposis requiring bifrontoparietal cranioplasty: case report

Author:

Li Luyuan1,Jensen John N.2,Szabo Sara3,VanTuinen Peter3,Lew Sean M.1

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Neurological Surgery and

2. Plastic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and

3. Department of Pathology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Abstract

Desmoid tumors, also known as aggressive fibromatosis, are locally infiltrating musculoaponeurotic neoplasms arising in connective tissues. Desmoid tumors may be associated with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a genetic disorder that presents with hundreds to thousands of precancerous colorectal polyps. The authors report the case of an 18-month-old boy who underwent resection of a right temporal desmoid tumor (initially diagnosed as cranial fasciitis) and developed a bilateral frontoparietal calvarial desmoid tumor 2 years later. The patient underwent gross-total resection of the tumor that required a large cranioplasty. He was subsequently diagnosed with FAP. The patient has been without tumor recurrence for 9 years afterwards and has not required revision of his cranioplasty. This is the first report describing a recurrent cranial desmoid tumor in a pediatric patient with FAP. The authors believe, however, that some of the cases previously reported as cranial fasciitis are likely desmoid tumors pathobiologically and genetically.

Publisher

Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

Subject

General Medicine

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