title: Abdominal wall fibromatosis associated with previous laparoscopic hernia repair.
abstract: METHODS
  Two cases of desmoid-type fibromatosis developing after laparoscopic hernia repair are described: one in a young male 3 years after laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair and the other in a young female 1 year after laparoscopic incisional hernia repair.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The male patient presented with a slowly enlarging non-tender firm abdominal wall mass; the female patient had similar findings. Excision biopsy in the male and core biopsy in the female were consistent with fibromatosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The young male patient underwent resection of the fibromatosis, and the female patient has been managed conservatively.
  These are the first documented cases of fibromatosis developing after laparoscopic hernia surgery. Whilst the safety of hernia meshes has been assessed in animal studies, it may be that more detailed study of intraperitoneal placement of these meshes is required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, UK, sylvg82@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: S B F
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: MacDuff
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: O'Dwyer
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D018221:Fibromatosis, Abdominal / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
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