Desmoid tumor in a scar from radical nephrectomy for renal cancer

Int J Urol. 2003 May;10(5):274-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00618.x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
  • Cicatrix / complications*
  • Fibromatosis, Abdominal / diagnosis*
  • Fibromatosis, Abdominal / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy / adverse effects*