Desmoid Tumor of the Small Bowel and the Mesentery
Silvana C. Faria1,
Revathy B. Iyer1,
Asif Rashid2,
Lee Ellis3 and
Gary J. Whitman1
1 Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 57, Houston, TX 77030.
2 Division of Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, TX 77030.
3 Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, TX 77030.

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Fig. 1A. 52-year-old man with desmoid tumor. Axial portal venous phase
CT scan shows well-defined mass (arrow) in mesentery of small
bowel.
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Fig. 1B. 52-year-old man with desmoid tumor. Intraoperative photograph
shows mass (arrow) in mesentery of small bowel.
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Fig. 1C. 52-year-old man with desmoid tumor. Photomicrograph shows
spindle and stellate cells in ill-formed fascicle with abundant collagenous
stroma. (H and E, x20)
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