[Intra-abdominal fibromatosis after appendectomy as cause for ileus].

Abstract

Aggressive intraabdominal fibromatosis is a rare response to surgical trauma. Characteristic is the local destroying growth. Only an operation in the purpose of R0-resection ends in cure. We report on a 29-year-old man, who developed intraabdominal fibromatosis as reaction to surgical trauma 19 years after appendectomy and subsequent to several relaparotomies due to adhesions. A huge conglomeratumor which included the ileum and the colon acsendens resulted in bowel obstruction and ileus. Complete surgical removal of the tumor lead after a primary complicated course to recovery.

• Authors: S Kersting, H Herbst, N Senninger, U Mittelkötter
• Journal: Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie (Zentralbl Chir) Vol. 129 Issue 4 Pg. 317-20 (Aug 2004) ISSN: 0044-409X [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Intraabdominale Fibromatose nach Appendektomie als Ursache rezidivierender Ileuszustände.
• PMID: 15354256 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Appendectomy (adverse effects)
• Colonic Neoplasms (complications, etiology, surgery)
• Fibromatosis, Aggressive (complications, etiology, surgery)
• Humans
• Ileal Neoplasms (complications, etiology, surgery)
• Ileus (etiology, surgery)
• Laparotomy
• Male
• Recurrence
• Reoperation
• Time Factors