Surgical treatment of locally advanced desmoid tumor of the anterior abdominal wall

Abstract

Desmoid tumor (DO) is a rare monoclonal connective tissue tumor arising from deep soft tissues, characterized by invasive growth and a tendency to local relapses and incapable of metastasis [1].The purpose of presenting this clinical case is to assess the significance of timely diagnosis, the choice of an individually correct treatment method, tactics of further observation, therapy.To achieve this goal, a number of literature sources were studied, a clinical case of surgical treatment of a desmoid tumor of the anterior abdominal wall was presented in our medical institution (Northwestern State Medical University named after I.I.Mechnikov, St. Petersburg).The difficulty of the case was the significant size of the indolent tumor, insensitive to systemic therapy, in a young man, and therefore the decision on surgical treatment tactics was also ambiguous. In each clinical case, it is worth taking an individual approach to treatment tactics. When choosing observational tactics, strict outpatient monitoring and regular follow-up should be performed.