Desmoplastic round cell tumour of the abdomen.
- Author:
Hiralal
1
;
S GAMANAGATTI
;
S THULKAR
;
S K RAO
Author Information
1. Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Abdominal Neoplasms;
diagnosis;
Adolescent;
Biopsy;
Carcinoma, Small Cell;
diagnosis;
Child;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Fatal Outcome;
Humans;
Male;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Singapore medical journal
2007;48(1):e19-21
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Desmoplastic round cell tumour is a very rare tumour of childhood and young adults, and is not usually suspected as an explanation of intraabdominal or pelvic tumour. We report two cases of desmoplastic round cell tumour of the abdomen in the paediatric age group, occurring in two boys, an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old. We aim to demonstrate the imaging findings and to emphasise the importance of including this tumour in the differential diagnosis of childhood intraabdominal and pelvic tumours.
