The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

December 2018

Intra-Abdominal Desmoid Tumor with an unusual Origin in the Intestinal Wall: A Case Report

Author Information

Stickar T(1), Berriel JAD(1), Polo JLM(1), Peña YMC(1), Martinez JG, Figueroa TP,Duch JC, Gener MG(1), Vall FXQ(1), Cartie HV(1).

Hospital Universitari de Vic, Vic, Barcelona , Spain.

Publication

Arq Bras Cir Dig

Summary

We present the case of a 76-year-old man with no pathological history. admitted in the emergency room due to a 5-day evolution fever associated with abdominal distension and a palpable mass in the hypogastrium.Urgent surgical intervention showed a large tumor of 15x15 cm affecting the jejunum (20 cm from the duodenojejunal angle); intestinal resection was performed with free margins and lateral-lateral mechanical anastomosis was done. Immunohistochemical analysis was negative for CD117, DOG1, ALK1, S100, CD34, desmin and actin and positive for vimentin and beta-catenin, desmoid tumor dependent on the jejunal wall, free neoplasic intestinal margins

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