Idiopathic desmoid-type fibromatosis of the pancreatic head: case report and literature review

Table 1 Review of pancreatic desmoid-type fibromatosis (DTF) ^a

Reference	Gender	Age (years)	Symptoms and signs	Lab findings	CT features	Tumor location	Size (cm)	Previous surgery	Surgery	Adjuvant treatment	Recurrence	Follow-up
Roggli et al. (1980) [6]	M	0.3	Tachypnea, fever, anorexia, weight loss	NA	Solid	Diffuse	NA	None	Biopsy	None	NA	DOD 7 days
Bruce et al. (1996) [7]	M	38	Abdominal ache	NA	Solid	Tail	5 × 4.5 × 2.1	Partial pancreatectomy	Resection	NA	No	ANED 24 months
Sedivy et al. (2002) [8]	F	68	Weight loss, nausea	Normal	Solid	Head	1.5	Pancreatic biopsy	Resection	NA	NA	NA
Nursal et a l. (2003) [9]	F	25	Epigastric pain	NA	Solid	Tail	8.5 × 5.0	None	Biopsy	Symptomatic	NA	NA
Nursal et al. (2003) [9]	M	39	Epigastric pain	NA	Solid	Tail	7.5 × 4.0	None	Biopsy	Symptomatic	NA	NA
Pho et al. (2005) [10]^a	M	17	Epigastric pain, weight loss	NA	Cystic	Tail	2.8 × 4.2	None	Resection	Sulindac, tamoxifen, methotrexate, vinblastine	Yes	AWD 24 months
Weiss et al. (2006) [11]	M	63	Epigastric pain, abdominal fullness	Normal	Solid	Tail	6.5 × 5.3	Partial pancreatectomy	Resection	None	No	ANED 9 months
Amiot et al. (2008) [12]	F	51	Epigastric pain, weight loss	Normal	Cystic	Tail	6	None	Resection	None	No	ANED 12 months
Polistina et a l. (2010) [13]	M	68	None	Normal	Cystic	Tail	5	None	Resection	None	No	ANED 60 months
Present study (2013)	M	41	Epigastric pain, weight loss	Normal	Cystic	Head	1.9	None	Resection	None	No	ANED 24 months

^aAll cases were sporadic except for one patient with complicating FAP reported by Pho et al. [10]. CT, computed tomography; NA, not available; ANED, alive with no evidence of disease; AWD, alive with disease; DOD, dead of disease; NA, not available.

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