Abstract
We report herein a rare case of desmoid tumor of the chest wall in a 39-year-old woman. She was admitted to the hospital beacause of an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray film. Chest CT and MRI revealed the soft tissue of the chest wall at the left apical portion. She underwent a surgical resection of the tumor through thoracotomy with video-assisted thoracoscopy. The tumor arose from 1st intercostal muscle, and was resected combined with the 1st rib. The tumor was 4×3×2cm in size. Histological examination revealed findings of desmoid type of fibromatosis. A local recurrence of the tumor without any symptoms was found 17 months after the surgical resection. Radiotherapy was administered at a dose of 50 Gy to the recurrent desmoid tumor that resulted in no more growth of the tumor in size so far. The patient is followed on an ambulant basis.
