Sporadic intra-abdominal desmoid with acute abdomen
Nishiguchi, S.; Habu, D.; Shiomi, S.; Montani, A.; Nakatani, S.; Takeda, T.; Seki, S.; Arakawa, T.; Matsumura, Y.; Yamashita, Y.; Hirakawa, K.; Ogami, M.; Nishida, N.; Asai, H.; Suga, Y.
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology 21(5): 199-200
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-8860 PMID: 12416753 Document Number: 546317
We report a 72-year-old man with sporadic intra-abdominal desmoid tumor manifesting as acute abdomen. CT scan revealed an air-containing tumor 7 cm in diameter; three weeks later, the tumor had shrunk to 4 cm on antibiotics. At surgery, a tumor arising from the transverse colon mesentery and infiltrating the jejunum was resected. No recurrence occurred over a 1-year follow-up.