The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

January 2016

Palliative Resection of a Giant Mesenteric Desmoid Tumor.

Author Information

Adam I Riker,Jeremy J Sugrue,Roland M Marshall,Stephanie B Cohen

Department of Pathology, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL.,Department of Surgery, Advocate Cancer Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL.,Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Publication

Summary

We present the case of a symptomatic, giant mesenteric desmoid tumor discovered incidentally during workup for the patient's previous history of lung cancer. The patient elected to undergo palliative resection of the tumor because of persistent and unrelenting abdominal pain.

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