Desmoid tumor

A desmoid tumor (DT) is a benign, locally invasive soft tissue tumor associated with a high recurrence rate but with no metastatic potential.

Incisional hernia

An abdominal hernia that occurs at a site of weakness in the abdominal wall resulting from an incompletely-healed surgical wound.


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PMID (PMCID)
23563741
MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Abdominal wall fibromatosis associated with previous laparoscopic hernia repair.
Brown SB, MacDuff E, O'Dwyer PJ.
Hernia. 2013;17(5):669-72.
Two cases of desmoid-type fibromatosis developing after laparoscopic hernia repair are described: one in a young male 3years after laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair and the other in a young female 1year after laparoscopic incisional hernia repair.