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Desmoid tumor in a scar from radical nephrectomy for renal cancer
Author(s) -
FUJITA KAZUTOSHI,
SUGAO HIDEKI,
TSUJIKAWA KOZO,
ITOH YASUHIRO
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00618.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , abdominal wall , surgery , cancer , urology , kidney , pathology
Desmoid tumor is a fibroblastic proliferation arising in musculoaponeurotic tissues. We report a case of abdominal desmoid tumor discovered 2 years after radical nephrectomy for right renal cell carcinoma. Surgical extirpation was performed and the patient remained well 2 years later with no evidence of disease. The possibility of desmoid tumors developing in the incised abdominal wall should be considered while following patients after surgery.