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Nalan Yazici1, Bilgehan Yalçin, Figen Soylemezoğlu
1Department of Pediatric Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. nalanyaz@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Intracranial desmoid tumors are extremely rare. The association of desmoid tumors with familial adenomatous polyposis coli was reported previously, with the tumors involving trunk and extremities. We report a 3.5-year-old girl with intracranial desmoid tumor with familial adenomatous polyposis coli. This condition in a child is rarely reported. Follow-up of the patient after cranial surgery and of the family for this premalignant inherited condition is necessary.
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