Recalcitrant desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall: A reconstructive dilemma

• Main Authors: Prakash Chandra Kala, Ranjit Kumar Sahu, Ramkaran Choudhary, Ashok Puranik
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
• Series: Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery
• Subjects: Desmoid tumors; primary surgical resection; vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous
• Online Access: http://www.turkjplastsurg.org/article.asp?issn=1300-6878;year=2019;volume=27;issue=1;spage=36;epage=38;aulast=Kala

Desmoid tumors are slow-growing benign tumors. These tumors infiltrate surrounding tissues but not malignant and associated with women of fertile age, especially during and after pregnancy. We report a young male patient with a recurrent desmoid tumor of the anterior abdominal wall who underwent resection four times earlier. The patient had a history of four-time operation over the same site for the same disease. Preoperative evaluation included thorough clinical examination with abdominal ultrasound. The histology revealed a desmoid tumor. Primary surgical resection and immediate reconstruction of abdominal defect were performed.