Desmoid tumor in Gardner's Syndrome presented as acute abdomen.
BACKGROUND
Gardner's syndrome can occasionally be complicated with intra-abdominal desmoid tumor. These tumors usually remain asymptomatic but can exhibit symptoms due to intestinal, vascular and ureteral compression and obstruction.


METHODS
A rare case of a 41-year-old male patient with Gardner's syndrome complicated with intra-abdominal desmoid tumor, which first presented as acute abdomen, is presented.


CONCLUSIONS
Extra-abdominal manifestations of Gardner's syndrome along with a palpable abdominal mass would raise suspicion for the presence of a desmoid tumor in the majority of cases. In life-threatening cases, surgical treatment should be considered as a palliative approach, though the extent of excision remains debatable.
1st Department of General Surgery, GP Hospital Tzaneio, Pireaus, Tzani & Afentouli str, Pireaus, Athens, Greece. webdocgr@hotmail.com
Andreas
A
Hatzimarkou
Dimitrios
D
Filippou
Vasilios
V
Papadopoulos
Georgios
G
Filippou
Spiros
S
Rizos
Panagiotis
P
Skandalakis