The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

April 2016

Cicatricial Fibromatosis Diagnosis after Suspected Local Recurrence at the Bronchial Stump Following Lobectomy for Lung Cancer.

Author Information

Daewook Yeh,Soo Young Jung,Soon Hyo Park,Wan Jin Hwang,Yeiwon Lee,Yoo Sang Yoon

Department Internal Medicine, DIRAMS.,Department of Pathology, DIRAMS.,Department of Radiology, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital.,Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konyang University College of Medicine.

Publication

Summary

A mass excision surrounding the bronchial stump was performed to exclude malignancy in a 42-year-old man who had undergone a right lower lobectomy for lung cancer. The mass was identified as a cicatricial fibroma. Cicatricial fibromatosis, which is desmoid fibromatosis that arises in a surgical scar, is a well-known clinical condition.

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