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Multidisciplinary Retroperitoneal and Pelvic Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Case Conferences: The Added Value that Radiologists Can Provide
Author(s) -
Robert Lim,
Ania Z. Kielar,
R.H. El-Maraghi,
Margaret Fraser,
Carolyn Nessim,
Seng Thipphavong
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
current oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1718-7729
pISSN - 1198-0052
DOI - 10.3747/co.24.3478
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , radiology , multidisciplinary team , soft tissue sarcoma , leiomyosarcoma , vignette , multidisciplinary approach , abdominal pain , sarcoma , computed tomography , emergency department , general surgery , soft tissue , surgery , pathology , nursing , psychology , social psychology , social science , sociology
Clinical Vignette: A 50-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with increasing abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography imaging reveals an expanded inferior vena cava–filling defect that is suspicious for a retroperitoneal sarcoma, possibly a primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava. The surgery team discusses the case with the radiologist, and all agree that there are multiple challenges with obtaining a tissue diagnosis and determining resectability. Thus, it is decided that this patient should be discussed at a multidisciplinary case conference. In the present article, we feature a case-based scenario focusing on the role of the radiologist in this type of multidisciplinary team.

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