Rangunwala J(1), Sitta J(1), Prakash V(2), Vyas K(3), Roda M(1).
(1)Radiology, Univ of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA. (2)Pathology, Univ of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA. (3)Family Medicine, Univ of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
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Summary
Intra-abdominal desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF) can present sporadically, in sites of previous trauma, surgical scars and irradiation, or in association with familial adenomatous polyposis and Gardner syndrome. Intra-abdominal DF is uncommon and especially rare after a common surgery like cholecystectomy. We report a rare case of a 67-year-old male who presented with a locally aggressive intra-abdominal DF in the gallbladder fossa, status post cholecystectomy. This progressively enlarging infiltrative enhancing solid mass in the gallbladder fossa on serial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated gastric outlet obstruction, biliary obstruction, portal vein narrowing and encasement of hepatic artery. Diagnosis of DF in this postoperative setting was delayed and challenging due to uncharacteristic clinical presentation.
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