title: Desmoid tumor in a scar from radical nephrectomy for renal cancer.
abstract: Desmoid tumor is a fibroblastic proliferation arising in musculoaponeurotic tissues. We report a case of abdominal desmoid tumor discovered 2 years after radical nephrectomy for right renal cell carcinoma. Surgical extirpation was performed and the patient remained well 2 years later with no evidence of disease. The possibility of desmoid tumors developing in the incised abdominal wall should be considered while following patients after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Minoh Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan. kazuf@olive.plala.or.jp
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugao
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujikawa
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D018221:Fibromatosis, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*