The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

June 2017

Intra-Abdominal (Mesenteric) Desmoid Tumors (Dts) after Kidney Transplantation: A Case Report

Author Information

Antonia Yordanova Atanassova(1), Svetomir Sevdalinov Chakarov(2)

1)Clinic of Gastroenterology, University Hospital St. Marina, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria. 2)Department of Diagnostic Imaging,University Hospital St. Marina, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria.

Publication

J Gastro Dis Liver Func

Summary

Desmoid tumors are benign neoplasms, but are often unresectable because of their aggressive and local infiltration, compression of surrounding structures and massive involvement of adjacent vital structures. This is a case of a 43 year old woman with medical history of Berger's disease, immunosuppressive therapy, a kidney transplant and sporadic mesenteric desmoid tumors appearing after solid organ transplantation. Eighteen months after the removal of the tumors, she was diagnosed with essential thrombocytosis. No evidences of recurrence after operation.

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