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Table 1 Timeline

From: Successful treatment with radiation therapy for desmoid-type fibromatosis with unilateral hydronephrosis: a case report

The event

Timeline (months)

Initial symptom in right inguinal region in the 15th week of pregnancy

T = 0

Radiological investigations (MRI: suggestive of fibromatosis)

T = 1

Fine needle aspiration biopsy (diagnosis of DTF)

T = 2

Resection of the initial DTF in the 18th week of pregnancy

T = 3

Follow-up MRI (diagnosis of recurrence DTF)

T = 39

Cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitor treatment

T = 40

Follow-up CT (increase in the size of recurrence DTF and diagnosis of hydronephrosis)

T = 51

Radiation therapy for recurrence DTF

T = 53

No signs of recurrence or no adverse events

T = 103

  1. DTF desmoid-type fibromatosis, CT computed tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging