Abdominal wall desmoid mimicking intra-abdominal mass: MR features.
A case of abdominal wall desmoid which enlarged toward the liver and mimicked an intra-abdominal tumor is presented. T*2-weighted MR images clearly demonstrated the tumor's continuity with the rectus abdominis muscle. The case presented suggests MRI may provide more valuable information concerning the origin of a right-upper-quadrant mass than CT does. However, the nature of the signals and attachment which this case showed were so unusual for desmoids that this case has not been diagnosed accurately.
Ichikawa
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T
Department of Radiology, Yamanashi Medical College, Japan.
Koyama
A
A
Fujimoto
H
H
Honma
M
M
Saiga
T
T
Matsubara
N
N
Ozeki
Y
Y
Uchiyama
G
G
Ohtomo
K
K
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018221:Fibromatosis, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed