Desmoid tumor arising in the site of previous surgery in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen

South Med J. 2010 Feb;103(2):162-4. doi: 10.1097/smj.0b013e3181bf2d61.

Abstract

A desmoid tumor is a fibroblastic proliferation arising in musculoaponeurotic structures. The pathogenesis is still not clear. A 79-year-old woman who developed a desmoid tumor in the left lower abdomen after surgical resection of an abdominal lipoma seven years previously is presented. Preoperative computed tomography showed a large left lower abdominal mass. Pathology showed the spindle fibroblastic cell pattern typical of desmoids.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fibromatosis, Abdominal / diagnosis*
  • Fibromatosis, Abdominal / pathology
  • Fibromatosis, Abdominal / surgery
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery