Pancreatic desmoid tumor in a 4-year-old male with hemihypertrophy

• Main Authors: Ken Saida (Author), Osamu Miyazaki (Author), Kentaro Matsuoka (Author), Toshihiko Watanabe (Author), Akihiro Fujino (Author), Shunsuke Nosaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report the first case of a pancreatic desmoid tumor detected during follow-up for hemihypertrophy in a 4-year-old boy. Hemihypertrophy is a rare disorder in which one side of the body grows more than the other, causing asymmetry, and well-known complications include embryonal tumors. However, the...