title: [A case of desmoid tumor presenting as intra-abdominal abscess].
abstract: Desmoid tumor is a rare benign tumor derived from fibrous sheath or musculoaponeurotic structure. The tumor is benign histologically but considered as malignant clinically because it has high propensity on infiltrative growth with local invasion and tendency to recurrence after local excision. Especially, when this tumor happens to be in the intra-abdomen, the prognosis is worse because it can cause intestinal obstruction, ureter obstruction and, fistula formation. It also can invade major vessels in abdomen. This tumor occurs more frequently in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), in post-partume women, and at old surgical incision site. However, in this case, the patient had neither previous surgery nor a FAP history. We report a rare case of the young male patient who presented with an acute abdomen and underwent laparotomy and was found to have an intra-abdominal desmoid tumor with abscess formation.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Eulji University School of Medicine, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yeon Hwa
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Byoung Kwan
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Dae Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Seong Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yun Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Young Sook
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Boo Whan
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jong Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Joo
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018221:Fibromatosis, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed