American Journal of Neuroradiology 20:472-473 (3 1999)
© 1999 American Society of Neuroradiology
ARTICLE
Cicatricial Fibromatosis Mimics Metastatic Medulloblastoma
a From the Departments of Radiology and Dentistry, Niigata University Schools of Medicine, Niigata, Japan.
Summary: Cicatricial fibromatoses usually occur in the anterior abdominal wall or in the extremities, but rarely in the scalp or the soft tissues of the neck. We report a case of desmoid fibromatosis that developed in a 15-year-old boy 8 months after surgery for cerebellar medulloblastoma.