ABDOMINAL DESMOID TUMORS AND GARDNERS-SYNDROME

The authors report a case of patient with a complete Gardner's syndrome. This case is caracterised by the association of desmoid tumor of the thoraco-abdominal wall, mesenteric fibromatosis, gastric and duodenal polyposis and a rectal adenocarcinoma. They present a brief review of the syndrome which raises problems of clinical classification and therapeutic difficulties.