Pavol Zubor, Caroline Marie Henriksen, Maren Elvenes Økstad, Erika Cerskuviene, Jozef Visnovsky, Karol Kajo, Andrey Valkov, Kristen Olav Lind
A desmoid tumor (DT) is a rare benign neoplasm arising from muscle aponeurosis, associated mostly with trauma or pregnancy. DT has an infiltrative and locally aggressive growth pattern and usually does not metastasize. However, it has a high recurrence and complication rate. When it occurs in pregnancy, the pregnancy and delivery is taken as an individual case for optimal management by physicians and midwifes, who need to be cautious in finding the optimal delivery mode for the patient, which depends on the tumor size, location, behavior, and past history...
January 17, 2024: Diseases (Basel)