Small bowel obstruction caused by a fast-growing desmoid tumor

David Martin; Ismail Labgaa; David Petermann; Luca Di Mare

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3162

Small bowel obstruction caused by a fast-growing desmoid tumor

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jul 22;8(11):2318-2319. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3162. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

David Martin¹, Ismail Labgaa^{1

2}, David Petermann², Luca Di Mare²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Visceral Surgery University Hospital CHUV and University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland.
² Department of General and Visceral Surgery EHC Hospital Morges Switzerland.

Abstract

Desmoid tumors are rare tumors which can cause intestinal obstructions. Surgical wide excision is currently the treatment of choice, with the goal of achieving free resection margins.

Keywords: desmoid; obstruction; small bowel; tumor.