Takehara Y, Yoshikawa K, Tokunaga T, Nishi M, Takasu C, Kashihara H, Yoshimoto T, Shimada M.
The Dept of Surgery, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
Publication
J Med Invest
Summary
A man is his 30s had no significant past medical history, including no abdominal surgery. A medical check-up found a large tumor in the right lateral abdomen. After some examinations, a preoperative diagnosis of GIST was made, and open ileocecal resection was performed. However, the final diagnosis based on the pathological findings was desmoid-type fibromatosis. We should consider desmoid-type fibromatosis when we find a large abdominal mass, but it may be difficult to diagnose based only on imaging findings. Immunohistochemical examination of the specimen may make the diagnosis.
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