Sporadic Intra-Abdominal Desmoid: A Rare Presentation as a Hepatic Mass
Author(s) -
Shahana Gupta,
Udipta Ray,
Souvik Chatterjee,
Sanjeev Kumar,
Ayusman Satapathy,
Shamita Chatterjee,
Tamal Kanti Choudhury
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6781
pISSN - 2090-679X
DOI - 10.1155/2012/245671
Subject(s) - medicine , cd117 , desmin , cytokeratin , pathology , cd34 , histopathology , vimentin , immunohistochemistry , presentation (obstetrics) , diaphragm (acoustics) , radiology , stem cell , biology , genetics , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
We report an unusual presentation of a sporadic intra-abdominal desmoid tumour, possibly arising from the diaphragm, masquerading as a hepatic mass in a young female without any history of surgery or trauma. Histopathology ruled out a hepatic origin of the tumour as was inferred from pre- and intraoperative evaluation. Immunohistochemistry showed positivity of lesional fibroblastic cells for β -catenin and negativity for CD34, CD117, EMA, SMA, desmin, vimentin, cytokeratin, and ALK1 thereby confirming the diagnosis of a desmoid tumour. There exist only a few reports in the literature on desmoids related to the diaphragm, but only one on a diaphragmatic desmoid that is possibly primary.
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