title: Desmoid tumors of the abdominal wall: A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND: Desmoid tumors are slow growing deep fibromatoses with aggressive infiltration of adjacent tissue but without any metastatic potential. CASE PRESENTATION: We report on two female patients with desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall who underwent primary resection. Both patients had a history of an earlier abdominal surgery. Preoperative evaluation included abdominal ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. The histology in both cases revealed a desmoid tumor. CONCLUSION: Complete surgical resection is the first line management of this tumor entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of General-, Visceral-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery, Sigmund Freud Str, 25, 53105 Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany. overhaus@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Overhaus
authors.forename: Pan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: Hans Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Hans Jochen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Textor
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirner