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 Case reportDesmoid tumor in Gardner's Syndrome presented as acute abdomenAndreas Hatzimarkou1 , Dimitrios Filippou1 , Vasilios Papadopoulos2 , Georgios Filippou1 , Spiros Rizos1 and Panagiotis Skandalakis3  1
1st Department of General Surgery, GP Hospital "Tzaneio", Pireaus, Tzani & Afentouli str. Pireaus, Athens, Greece 2
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Democrition University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece 3
1st Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Goudi, Athens, Greece author email corresponding author email
World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2006,
4:18doi:10.1186/1477-7819-4-18 Abstract
Background
Gardner's syndrome can occasionally be complicated with intra-abdominal desmoid tumor. These tumors usually remain asymptomatic but can exhibit symptoms due to intestinal, vascular and ureteral compression and obstruction.
Case presentation
A rare case of a 41-year-old male patient with Gardner's syndrome complicated with intra-abdominal desmoid tumor, which first presented as acute abdomen, is presented.
Conclusion
Extra-abdominal manifestations of Gardner's syndrome along with a palpable abdominal mass would raise suspicion for the presence of a desmoid tumor in the majority of cases. In life-threatening cases, surgical treatment should be considered as a palliative approach, though the extent of excision remains debatable |