The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

November 2020

Primary desmoid tumor of the mesentery with invasion in the transverse colon: A case report (FULL ARTICLE)

Author Information

Slavu I(1), Socea B(2), Alecu L(3).

(1)Bucharest Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest. (2)Saint Pantelimon Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest. (3)Agrippa Ionescu Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest.

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Summary

We present the case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain which began 2 months before the visit to our hospital. Clinical examination identified a tumor, round, mobile located in the epigastric region. A Computer Tomography of the abdominal confirmed the existence of a tumor at the level of the transverse colon. The patient underwent surgery, intraoperative exploration confirmed the existence of a round, smooth tumor which derived from the mesentery with apparent invasion in the transverse colon. A transverse colectomy was done in a single piece with the tumor which was dissected from the mesentery. The pathology report confirmed the mass was a primary desmoid tumor.

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