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Damodar Chatterjee | Zendy; Pradip Sarkar | Zendy; Niladri Sengupta | Zendy; WGopimohan Singh | Zendy

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Hemangiopericytoma of greater omentum presenting as a huge abdominal lump

Author(s) -

Damodar Chatterjee,

Pradip Sarkar,

Niladri Sengupta,

WGopimohan Singh

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

saudi journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 1998-4049

pISSN - 1319-3767

DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.39626

Subject(s) - medicine , hemangiopericytoma , greater omentum , laparotomy , histopathology , vascular tumor , radiology , surgery , pathology

Hemangiopericytoma is a rare neoplasm that can occur in any part of the human body, but it rarely develops in the greater omentum. We report a case of a patient who presented with a huge abdominal lump. At laparotomy, a huge vascular tumor, which was observed originating from the greater omentum, was resected. Histopathology investigation revealed this tumor as a benign hemangiopericytoma with a malignant potential.

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