SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.25 issue1Herniation of the uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes into the canal of Nuck in a 4-month-old child: A rare entity author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Article

Indicators

Related links

  • On index processCited by Google
  • On index processSimilars in Google

Share


SA Journal of Radiology

On-line version ISSN 2078-6778
Print version ISSN 1027-202X

Abstract

PATEL, Ranjan K.  and  PATHAK, Swasti. Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma masquerading as liver abscess: A case report with typical imaging features. S. Afr. J. radiol. (Online) [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.1, pp.1-4. ISSN 2078-6778.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2179.

Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma (UES) is an uncommon paediatric hepatic tumour that clinically simulates a liver abscess when present with fever. This report describes a case of UES in a 12-year-old boy, who presented with abdominal pain, swelling and fever, all simulating a liver abscess. The possibility of UES was considered at imaging, based on the solid appearance on ultrasound and cystic appearance with serpiginous peripheral vessels on computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging. The diagnosis was confirmed at histopathology.

Keywords : undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma; paradoxical appearance; fever; liver abscess; serpiginous vessels; haemorrhage.

        · text in English     · English ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License