Abdominal Tumour: Case for Diagnosis

CASE FOR DIAGNOSIS Erythematous Abdominal Papule

Diagnosis and management of the intra-abdominal desmoid tumour

Desmoid tumours are a rare entity and are usually detected with a certain delay, as they initially often grow without causing any specific clinical symptoms. Although these tumours grow slowly and do not metastasise, their growth pattern remains aggressive and local tissue displacement or even destruction is common. Surgery remains the only potentially curative treatment option. Here we report ...

Extragastrointestinal stromal tumour of the abdominal wall - a case report.

Stromal tumours occurring in areas other than the GastroIntestinal Tract (GIT) are known as Extra GastroIntestinal Stromal Tumours (EGISTs). They usually arise in the mesentery, omentum or retroperitoneum, while EGISTs which occur in the abdominal wall are very rare. Both gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) and EGISTs are histologically and immunophenotypically similar. We are reporting a ...

An intra-abdominal tumour.

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An Unusual Abdominal Tumour

A Coringhee coolie, aged 20, came into hospital on 21st February, 1930, with a history of a lump in the upper left quadrant of his abdomen, which he had noticed for 14 days. He could move the lump round from the middle line, to the right under his costal margin, and only complained of a feeling of nausea when the lump was swung round too quickly. There were no other symptoms. The lump on examin...