| Autor: |
Rizos Spiros, Filippou Georgios, Papadopoulos Vasilios, Filippou Dimitrios, Hatzimarkou Andreas, Skandalakis Panagiotis |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 18 (2006) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1477-7819 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/1477-7819-4-18 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Gardner's syndrome can occasionally be complicated with intra-abdominal desmoid tumor. These tumors usually remain asymptomatic but can exhibit symptoms due to intestinal, vascular and ureteral compression and obstruction. Case presentation A rare case of a 41-year-old male patient with Gardner's syndrome complicated with intra-abdominal desmoid tumor, which first presented as acute abdomen, is presented. Conclusion Extra-abdominal manifestations of Gardner's syndrome along with a palpable abdominal mass would raise suspicion for the presence of a desmoid tumor in the majority of cases. In life-threatening cases, surgical treatment should be considered as a palliative approach, though the extent of excision remains debatable |
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