title: Desmoid tumor of mesentery in familial adenomatous polyposis: a case report.
abstract: Our case concerns a 52-year-old male with FAP, who was treated surgically by restorative colectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis. Three years later, he presented with acute epigastric pain and obstructive ileum. While a mass in the left lateral abdominal region was palpated. The patient underwent laparotomy, some adhesions were dissected and biopsies were taken from the mass. Pathological examination revealed a desmoid tumor of the mesentery.
authors.affiliation: 1st Propedeutic Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, T.Ikonimidi 21, 551 31 Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Basdanis
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panidis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tzeveleki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karamanlis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekras
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apostolidis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michalopoulos
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed