A CASE OF DESMOID TUMOUR â?? ABDOMINAL FIBROMATOSIS IN A YOUNG FEMALE PRESENTING WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN

Abstract

Achu Jacob Philip1, Peter Manoharan2, Nivedha Ravy3

Desmoid tumours are rare; they account for about 0.03 percent of all neoplasms and less than 3 percent of all soft tissue tumours. The estimated incidence in the general population is two to four per million population per year. Here reporting a case of a 34-year-old female presenting with pain abdomen and swelling chest, excised mass diagnosed to be a desmoid tumour.

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