The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

August 2020

Desmoid Tumor Causing Shoulder Pain in an Adolescent Male

Author Information

Blanchard L(1), Nicklies E(1), Motamedi D(2).

(1)Rehabilitation Services, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL. (2)Musculoskeletal Division, Dept of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Publication

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther

Summary

A 17-year-old adolescent boy was referred by an orthopaedic physician to physical therapy for chronic left shoulder pain and a clinical diagnosis of labral tear. The physician ordered current radiographs, which were noncontributory. Findings during physical therapy examination warranted referral back to the physician, with a request for magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a soft tissue abnormality in the infraclavicular and subcoracoid spaces. The patient was referred to orthopaedic oncology, where biopsy confirmed a desmoid tumor.

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