Use of High-intensity Focused Ultrasound in the Management of Extra-abdominal Desmoid Tumors

摘要

Background: High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation is an emerging mode of therapy for benign and malignant neoplastic processes; with respect to musculoskeletal tumors, high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation has been used for palliative treatment of bone metastases and primary treatment of osteoid osteoma, synovial sarcoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, chondrosarcoma and giant cell bone cancer. However, very little has been reported on its use on soft tissue tumors including extra-abdominal desmoids.