title: Resection and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction of a Desmoid Tumor with Endometrioma Features.
abstract: Desmoid tumors are rare, musculoaponeurotic mesenchymal origin tumors arising from the proliferation of well-differentiated fibroblasts. Desmoid tumors may arise from any location with the abdominal cavity, abdominal wall and extremity locations being most frequent. We present the case of a 35-year-old female with a history of endometriosis who presented palpable abdominal mass and cyclic abdominal pain. Resection was performed for a presumed desmoid soft tissue tumor. Final pathology demonstrated desmoid histology admixed with abdominal wall endometriosis (endometrioma). This unique pathologic finding has only been rarely reported and is discussed with a brief review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison Avenue, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
authors.forename: Jaqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Majors
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison Avenue, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
authors.forename: Nathaniel F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Stoikes
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison Avenue, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nejati
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison Avenue, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremiah L
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7664-7386
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Deneve