Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 272760, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/272760
Case Report

Sporadic, Nontrauma-Related, Desmoid Tumor of the Pancreas: A Rare Disease—Case Report and Literature Review

F. Polistina,1 G. Costantin,2 E. D'Amore,3 and G. Ambrosino4

1Emergency and Trauma Department, Dolo Hospital, Dolo, 30031 Venice, Italy
2Department of General Surgery, San Bortolo Hospital, 36100 Vicenza, Italy
3Department of Human Pathology, San Bortolo Hospital, 36100 Vicenza, Italy
4School of General Surgery, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy

Received 28 October 2009; Revised 31 January 2010; Accepted 10 February 2010

Academic Editor: Per Hellman

Copyright © 2010 F. Polistina et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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