A case of "aggressive @entity81 " which appeared in posterior @entity6830 is reported. A 50-year-old @entity1 was admitted to our hospital with right shoulder @entity158 . The @entity5 surrounded the right vertebral artery and infiltrated into the right sympathetic nerve, brachial plexus and muscle tissue. It was suspected of @entity5 by percutaneous needle biopsy. @entity5 and partial resection of the invaded vertebral artery and brachial plexus were made in Aug. 10, 1996. In postoperative examination, the @entity5 was 6.2 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm in size and diagnosed pathologically as "aggressive @entity81 ". Postoperative course was uneventful, but @entity4820 and motor disturbances of IV, V, fingers of the right hand were slightly occurred. Radiotherapy of 60 Gy was done after operation. There is no recurrence to date 17 months after surgery. As for the character of this disease, it seldom metastasizes, but grows infiltratively and the recurrence after operation is an important problem. In particular, the neck and the head are important because surgical margin is not provided enough, anatomically. Therefore, chemotherapy or radiotherapy after operation is needed. In this case, radiotherapy was done after operation. So, there is not the recurrence and passes to date 17 months after surgery. But, follow-up of long terms is necessary because it may recur after postoperative therapies.

[A surgical case of aggressive XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['woman'] @entity81 :: ('MESH:D005350', 'Disease') :: ['fibromatosis'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'neurogenic tumor', 'Removal of the tumor'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity6830 :: ('MESH:D008479', 'Disease') :: ['mediastinum'] @entity4820 :: ('MESH:D006732', 'Disease') :: ["Horner's symptoms"]
@entity81 :: (MESH:D005350,Disease) :: ['fibromatosis']
