Sporadic intra-abdominal desmoid tumor

A 44-year old patient consulted about an intraabdominal tumorous condition, which was found tobe a desmoid tumor.There follows a description of the procedure in volvedin its diagnosis and subsequent therapy.There are severa/ interesting elements to be derivedfrom both bibliography and analysis of th...

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Main Author: Santiago, Pablo (author)
Other Authors: Cedrés, Adriana (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), Yapur, Mónica (author)
Format: article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4546
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Summary:A 44-year old patient consulted about an intraabdominal tumorous condition, which was found tobe a desmoid tumor.There follows a description of the procedure in volvedin its diagnosis and subsequent therapy.There are severa/ interesting elements to be derivedfrom both bibliography and analysis of this case.In the first place, it is considerabley difficult toestablish a differential diagnosis whit GISTs, itbeing necessary to resort to inmuno-histochemistry.lntra abdominal desmoids onlycorrespond to 10% of al/ desmoids.On the other hand and given their rare occurrencethere is little evidente as to the correct therapy tobe applied.