Management of a large abdominal wall desmoid tumor during pregnancy. Case report
Aikaterini Michopoulou 1, Stylianos Germanos 1, Dimitrios Kanakopoulos 1, Anastasios Milonas 2, Nikolaos Orfanos 2, Christina Spyratou 3, Panagiotis Markidis 2
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Article Info
1 2nd Department of General Surgery, Patision General Hospital , Athens, Greece
2 2nd Department of General Surgery, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
3 3rd Department of General Surgery, Evangelismos Hospital Athens, Greece
Abstract
Desmoid tumors, characterized by aggressive local infiltration of surrounding tissues, are uncommon benign neoplasms with no metastatic potential , that occasionally may attain large size. We report a case of a 37-year-old woman with an abdominal wall desmoid tumor that appeared and grew rapidly during her pregnancy, diagnosed by trucut core biopsy. Complete surgical excision of a 20x16cm in size tumor and immediate reconstruction with mesh was performed in the postpartum period. She had no postoperative complications and no recurrence at 2-year follow-up. Optimal management of large abdominal wall desmoids during pregnancy has to be individualized, with wide surgical excision remaining the treatment of choice.
Keywords
- Abdominal wall
- Aggressive fibromatosis
- Desmoid tumor
