title: Desmoid tumor arising in the site of previous surgery in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen.
abstract: A desmoid tumor is a fibroblastic proliferation arising in musculoaponeurotic structures. The pathogenesis is still not clear. A 79-year-old woman who developed a desmoid tumor in the left lower abdomen after surgical resection of an abdominal lipoma seven years previously is presented. Preoperative computed tomography showed a large left lower abdominal mass. Pathology showed the spindle fibroblastic cell pattern typical of desmoids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chien-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Wei-Chou
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kai-Hsiung
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Hung-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Ming-Fang
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Guo-Shu
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ching-Jiunn
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018221:Fibromatosis, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery