Giant desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall masquerading as recurrent testicular cancer.
A huge abdominal mass developed 4 years after successful chemotherapy and laparotomy for stage III embryonal testicular cancer. Complete surgical extirpation proved that this lesion was a desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall and not a recurrent germ cell neoplasm. Fortunately, this mass was excised and not treated by aggressive chemotherapy.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors