Reconstruction of an abdominal wall defect with biologic mesh after resection of a desmoid tumor in a patient with a Gardner's syndrome.

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Alex Kartheuser,BenoÃ®t LengelÃ©,Christophe Remue,Daniel LÃ©onard,FranÃ§ois Chateau,Jennifer Hammer,Nora Abbes Orabi,Olga Ciccarelli,Radu Bachmann

a Colorectal Surgery Unit, Department of Abdominal Surgery and Transplantation , Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc , Brussels , Belgium ;,b Department of Plastic Surgery , Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc , Brussels , Belgium ;,c Starzl Unit of Abdominal Transplantation and General Surgery, Department of Abdominal Surgery and Transplantation , Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc , Brussels , Belgium.

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We have encountered a case of a symptomatic growingÂ desmoidÂ tumor of the abdominal wall in a young patient with Gardner's syndrome, successfully treated by complete resection and reconstruction with a biologic mesh to correct the parietal defect.

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Reconstruction of an abdominal wall defect with biologic mesh after resection of a desmoid tumor in a patient with a Gardner’s syndrome.

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