title: Surgical management of a retroperitoneal pelvic desmoid tumour involving the sacrifice of external iliac vein and internal iliac vessels.
abstract: •Retroperitoneal pelvic desmoid tumours are rare with limited publications.•A rare case of a retroperitoneal pelvic desmoid tumour is discussed.•Excision was challenging requiring the sacrifice of some of the iliac vessels.•No other case reports document a surgical excision requiring this.•To date our patient suffers minimal morbidity and has had no recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Hobart Hospital, 48 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Goulding
authors.affiliation: Director of Gynaecological Oncology, Royal Hobart Hospital, 48 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bunting
authors.affiliation: Radiologist, Royal Hobart Hospital, 48 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harle
authors.affiliation: Gynaecological Oncologist, Royal Hobart Hospital, 48 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blomfield
keywords: Desmoid tumour; Iliac vessels; Surgical excision