title: Desmoid tumour of lower abdomen.
abstract: A desmoid tumour is slow growing fibromatosis with aggressive infiltration of adjacent tissue and extremely unusual systemic metastases. We report on a female patient aged 25 years who had a mass in lower abdomen for 2 years. There was no previous history of any surgical intervention. Preoperative evaluation included ultrasound and computed tomography. Patient underwent primary resection with wide margins. Histology revealed a desmoid tumour.
authors: Department of Surgery, Surgical Unit-1, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi. nida_ahmed83@yahoo.com
authors: Nida
authors: N
authors: Ahmed
authors: Muhammad Tanveer
authors: MT
authors: Alam
authors: S M Abbas
authors: SM
authors: Hussain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018221:Fibromatosis, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans