Embolization of a large progressive symptomatic desmoid tumor in the rectus muscle of a female patient with multiple sclerosis: a case report

I. DiebelsDepartment of General and Abdominal Surgery, ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium; ;Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Edegem, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4346-955X

M. BlockhuysDepartment of General and Abdominal Surgery, ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium; ;Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1641-9514

P. WillemsenDepartment of General and Abdominal Surgery, ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium;

Y. PirenneDepartment of General and Abdominal Surgery, ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium;

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