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Meng-Hui Li1, Jin-Hua Leng, Ying Jiang
1From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China.
Background:
An abdominal wall desmoid tumor is a rare event, has a strong tendency for local invasion and recurrence, and usually presents as an abdominal lump.
Case:
A 35-year-old multiparous woman presented with a painful abdominal lump that had been slowly increasing in size. The pain was not associated with menstruation. Clinical examination, ultrasonography, and abdominal magnetic resonance imaging were performed and suggested a large, sharply defined mass measuring approximately 11 × 7.1 cm in the right anterolateral abdominal wall. There was no family history of familial adenomatous polyposis. The mass was excised and sent for histopathologic examination, which indicated abdominal wall desmoid tumor.
Conclusion:
Abdominal wall desmoid tumors can be diagnostic dilemmas and should be considered in the differential diagnosis for lumps in the abdomen in women.
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