ABDOMINAL TUMOURS AND GESTATION.

Abdominal Tumours and Abdominal Dropsy in Women

Extra-abdominal desmoid tumours.

Desmoid tumours are not common but have a distinct resemblance to fibrosarcomata. Their clinical appearance and progress should be recognised since failure to distinguish them from sarcomata could result in extensive and unnecessarily mutilating operations. Three cases of extra-abdominal desmoid tumours are reported. Two of the patients had tumours arising from multicentric foci in the same lim...

Heterotopic twin gestation – abdominal and intrauterine pregnancy

A very rare case of spontaneous heterotopic intrauterine and abdominal twin pregnancy has been presented. The first fetus was born by caesarean section. After 3 weeks, because of the symptoms of appendicitis the abdomen was re-opened. During re-operation appendicitis was found out, and the presence of terminated abdominal pregnancy at 18th week of its duration. Further course of puerperium was ...

Multicentric extra-abdominal desmoid tumours.

Despite their classification as benign, desmoid tumours are difficult to diagnose and manage. They are prone to recurrence and resection can be debilitating. Rarely, synchronous or metachronous multicentric desmoid tumours occur and may require further excision. Therefore, early detection of recurrence and multicentric tumours is vital. We present a case of metachronous desmoid tumours, and rev...

Abdominal tumours in infants and children.

If abdominal tumours in children were symptomatic more often than they are, diagnosis would be simple and indications for management clear. However, abdominal tumours are usually silent. Frequently they are discovered accidentally. They may well be diagnosed by chance in the systematic work-up for apparently unrelated symptoms, as, for example, in a child with a fever of unknown origin who has ...