Desmoid tumors of the abdominal wall: A case report

Marcus Overhaus¹ , Pan Decker¹ , Hans Peter Fischer² , Hans Jochen Textor³ and Andreas Hirner¹

¹Department of General-, Visceral-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery, Sigmund Freud Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany

²Department of Pathology, Sigmund Freud Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany

³Department of Radiology, Sigmund Freud Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany

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World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2003, 1:11doi:10.1186/1477-7819-1-11


Published:	9 July 2003

Abstract

Background

Desmoid tumors are slow growing deep fibromatoses with aggressive infiltration of adjacent tissue but without any metastatic potential.

Case Presentation

We report on two female patients with desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall who underwent primary resection. Both patients had a history of an earlier abdominal surgery. Preoperative evaluation included abdominal ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. The histology in both cases revealed a desmoid tumor.

Conclusion

Complete surgical resection is the first line management of this tumor entity.