There were two males and five females. The most common chief complaint was a slowly growing painless mass. The duration of the symptom before diagnosis was quite different from patient to patient. The locations in the trunk were scattered diffusely the shoulder, the chest wall, the abdominal wall, the retroperitoneum, and the pelvic cavity. The tumors were well visualized by imaging techniques such as ultrasonograms, CT scans, and MRI. Four of the seven patients experienced recurrent tumors after surgical excision; two are dead. The tumors in the recurrent patients were excised incompletely at initial surgery.
CONCLUSION:
Although the uncommon, solid desmoidtumors which develop in the musculoaponeurosis of the trunk are benign pathologically, they were recurrent after surgical excision when the resection margin is incomplete. Therefore, complete excision is the only curative therapeutic modality.