The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

February 2023

An accidental finding of a retroperitoneal desmoid tumor: case report and review of the literature

Author Information

Mousa HA (1), Nukaly HY (1), Ahmed RA (1), Zubair TM (1), Merdad MJ (1), Rahman M(1), Shmailah MA (1), Bondogji R (1), Alshanberi AM (1, 2), Khaled I (3, 4).

(1) College of Medicine and Surgery, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah. (2) Department of Community Medicine and Pilgrims Health Care, Umm Alqura University, Makkah. (3)Department of Surgery, Saudi German Hospitals, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (4) Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University Hospitals, Ismailia, Egypt.

Publication

nn Med Surg (Lond)

Summary

Retroperitoneal desmoid-type fibromatosis is a rare benign mesenchymal neoplasm that develops as a result of fibroblastic proliferation within the musculoaponeurotic stroma. The authors present the case of a 41-year-old male patient who was referred for a retroperitoneal neoplasm. A mesenteric mass core biopsy was done, and it revealed a low-grade spindle cell lesion consistent with desmoid fibromatosis.

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