title: [A rare tumor: desmoid of the musculus rectus abdominis. Apropos a clinical case].
abstract: The authors report a case of left abdominal rectum muscle desmoid tumor which has been surgically treated. After some considerations of the particular pathogenetic, anatomopathological and clinical characteristics of this neoplasm, they state that a precise preoperative diagnosis is always difficult, in spite of modern diagnostic means. They conclude that, nowadays, surgical extirpation is the most reliable therapeutical method, although it is burdened by a consistent incidence of local recidives (over 30%).
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, USSL 54, Borgomanero, Novara.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Primatesta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perotti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Un tumore raro: il desmoide del muscolo retto addominale. A proposito di un caso clinico.