The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

July 2016

Surgical Management of Desmoid Tumor of the Female Pelvis: A Case Report.

Author Information

A Nessa,N Fatema,S A Begum,S Chowdhury,S J Urmi,S Khatun,T A Chowdhury,T Mahmud,T S Chowdhury

Dr Shirin Akter Begum, Associate Professor, Obs & Gyne, Bangabandhu sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Shahbagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail: shirin.bsmmu@ gmail.com.

Publication

Summary

A 25 years married women having one child delivered vaginaly presented in the department of Obs & Gynae, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh on April 2013 with pelvic pain and discomfort. On laparotomy a pseudocystic lesion 12×10cm in size was found over the right paracolic gutter and extending down into the pelvis involving the right parametrium. No abnormality was found in the uterus or tubes. The histological examination revealed a desmoidtumor of the pelvis. The patient's recovery was uneventful.

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