Case report

Mesenteric desmoid tumor of the interposed jejunal pouch after total gastrectomy

Koichi Tamura , Masaji Tani , Hiroyuki Kinoshita and Hiroki Yamaue

Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

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World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2006, 4:27doi:10.1186/1477-7819-4-27

Published:	1 June 2006

Abstract

Background

Desmoid tumor is a rare entity, and most desmoid tumors are located in abdominal wall or extra-abdominal tissues. Occurrence of desmoid tumor in mesentry is extremely rare.

Case presentation

we report a mesenteric desmoid tumor in a 73-years-old woman who had undergone total gastrectomy reconstructed with jejunal pouch interposition for gastric carcinoma. After 1 year, a tumor was originating from mesentery of the interposed jejunal pouch was identified, and the patient underwent resection of the large mass which was found to invade pancreas. Histological examination revealed desmoid tumor.

Conclusion

Desmoid tumor is rare, and it was difficult for the differential diagnosis of desmoid tumor or recurrent tumor.