Resection and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction of a Desmoid Tumor with Endometrioma Features

Abstract EN

Desmoid tumors are rare, musculoaponeurotic mesenchymal origin tumors arising from the proliferation of well-differentiated fibroblasts.

Desmoid tumors may arise from any location with the abdominal cavity, abdominal wall and extremity locations being most frequent.

We present the case of a 35-year-old female with a history of endometriosis who presented palpable abdominal mass and cyclic abdominal pain.

Resection was performed for a presumed desmoid soft tissue tumor.

Final pathology demonstrated desmoid histology admixed with abdominal wall endometriosis (endometrioma).

This unique pathologic finding has only been rarely reported and is discussed with a brief review of the literature.