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Resection and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction of a Desmoid Tumor with Endometrioma Features.

Jaqueline MajorsNathaniel F StoikesReza NejatiJeremiah L Deneve
Published in: Case reports in surgery (2016)
Desmoid tumors are rare, musculoaponeurotic mesenchymal origin tumors arising from the proliferation of well-differentiated fibroblasts. Desmoid tumors may arise from any location with the abdominal cavity, abdominal wall and extremity locations being most frequent. We present the case of a 35-year-old female with a history of endometriosis who presented palpable abdominal mass and cyclic abdominal pain. Resection was performed for a presumed desmoid soft tissue tumor. Final pathology demonstrated desmoid histology admixed with abdominal wall endometriosis (endometrioma). This unique pathologic finding has only been rarely reported and is discussed with a brief review of the literature.
Keyphrases
  • soft tissue
  • abdominal pain
  • stem cells
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • locally advanced
  • lymph node