BACKGROUND The desmoplastic small round cell tumour is a rare and aggressive intra-abdominal neoplasia, with only 200 cases reported, and a higher incidence in men and predilection for the second decade of life. Histologically characterized by the presence of small nests of undifferentiated tumour cells, wrapped in fibrous desmoplastic stroma. CLINICAL CASE A 24 year old male started with abd...

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 ...

BACKGROUND Cases of giant hydronephroses are rare and usually contain no more than 1-2 litres of fluid in the collecting system. We report a remarkable case of giant hydronephrosis mimicking a progressive malignant abdominal tumour. CASE PRESENTATION A 78-year-old cachectic woman presented with an enormous abdominal tumour, which, according to the patient, had slowly increased in diameter. Me...

A 6-year-old female dog was referred to Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. The complaint an abdominal mass around the umbilicus centrally cranial sternum without any clinical manifestation. Histopathologically, mature adipocytes different sizes were seen interposed within spindle shaped smooth muscle fibre. fibres separated due prolifera...

The work reports a rare case of canine two primary malignant tumours concurrent with one benign tumour occurring within a single organism. Soft palate malignant melanoma with metastases to the regional lymph nodes and internal organs was classified as the index tumour, while thyroid carcinoma was defined as incidentaloma. The third tumour recognised was a large lipoma located in the abdominal c...

INTRODUCTION Burned-out testicular tumour is a very rare clinical entity. There is no clinical finding in the testicle, because it regresses spontaneously with no treatment, and generally presents with metastases. Abdominal masses in young male patients may sometimes be caused by a metastatic burned-out testicular tumour. We report a patient with a burned-out testicular tumour that metastasized...

Malignant ascites is one of the common complication at the late stage of abdominal cancers, which may deteriorate the environment of abdominal cavity and lead to potential damage of functional cells. Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) are mesoderm-derived mesenchymal cells that function normal gastrointestinal motility. The pathological changes of ICCs or the reduced number may lead to the moti...

INTRODUCTION The gastrointestinal stromal tumour is one of the common mesenchymal tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. It originates from the interstitial cells of Cajal. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours that present outside the gastrointestinal tract are called extragastrointestinal stromal tumours; they share the same morphological and immunohistochemical characteristics. Here we describe a...

The results of a retrospective study of the value of reductive surgery in the treatment of abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma are reported. Nine patients had almost complete removal of the tumour, 16 had little over half of the tumour removed, and 43 underwent biopsy only. All patients subsequently received chemotherapy. There was a highly significant difference in the proportion of patients achievin...

Granular cell tumours (GCT) are rare mesenchymal soft tissue neoplasms that may arise throughout the body. Most tumours are benign and solitary but approximately 2% of tumours are malignant (1). It is difficult to differentiate between benign and malignant GCT. We present a case of malignant GCT with inguinal meta stases in which the initial lesions could not be diagnosed as malignant. Interest...