title: Huge pelvic fibromatosis encroaching on the urinary bladder. A case report.
abstract: A patient with a huge pelvic fibromatosis, a form of intra-abdominal desmoid, encroaching on the urinary bladder is described. Because of its rarity, there is frequently a lack of diagnostic awareness of this tumor, particularly in the gynecological or urological patient. Although this tumor is a locally invasive benign tumor which dose not metastasize, management by radical tumor excision without the sacrifice of the major pelvic nerves and vessels is mandatory, since this tumor has generally a high postsurgical recurrence rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tazima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tochigi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology*