title: [Retroperitoneal desmoid tumor and familial polyposis coli].
abstract: A 43-year-old woman with familial polyposis coli (FPC) and adenocarcinoma of the rectosigmoid was treated by total colectomy, mucosal proctectomy and construction of an ileal pouch with ileoanal anastomosis. A year after operation she developed a huge retroperitoneal desmoid tumor which on exploratory laparotomy was found to be nonresectable. A 21-month course of indomethacin followed by tamoxifen failed to induce regression of the tumor. Desmoid tumors appear in 3.5-29.0% of patients with FPC, mostly after colectomy. This possibility must be considered in the differential diagnosis of recurrent carcinoma of the colon. The preferred treatment of abdominal and retroperitoneal desmoid tumors is conservative, and includes the use of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs, ascorbic acid and tamoxifen.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shapira
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mavor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pfefferman
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000601:surgery; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003082:Colectomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy