Embryonal sarcoma of the liver mimicking a hydatid cyst in an adult.
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| ID: sea-124348
ABSTRACT
Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma of the Liver is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumour. This presents predominantly in late childhood. It carries a dismal prognosis. Surgical resection with or without adjuvant therapy remains the mainstay of treatment. The present report describes a sixteen year old girl who presented with a large hepatic mass mimicking a hydatid cyst clinically, radiologically and on serology.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Sarcoma
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Female
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Humans
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Adolescent
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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic
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Liver
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Liver Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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