Abdominal Wall Desmoid during Pregnancy: Diagnostic Challenges

• Main Authors: Johnny Awwad (Author), Nadine Hammoud (Author), Chantal Farra (Author), Farah Fares (Author), George Abi Saad (Author), Ghina Ghazeeri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Desmoids are benign tumors, with local invasive features and no metastatic potential, which have rarely been described to be pregnancy associated. Case. We described the rapid growth of an anterior abdominal wall mass in a 40-year-old pregnant woman. Due to its close proximity to the enl...