The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

July 2015

Desmoid-type fibromatosis.

Author Information

A B Miah,C Benson,C Messiou,D C Strauss,E C Moskovic,K Thway,S Otero

Department of Radiology and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK.,Department of Radiology and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK. Electronic address:oterosofia@hotmail.com.

Publication

Summary

The consensus for treatment has changed over the past decade, with most centres moving away from primary radical surgery towards a front-line 'watch-and-wait' policy. Therefore, imaging has an increasingly important role to play in both the diagnosis and follow-up of these patients. This review will discuss the typical imaging characteristics of these lesions and suggest diagnostic and follow-up magnetic resonance imaging protocols, with details of suitable sequences and scanning intervals.

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