Clinico-pathologic conference: 12-year-old girl with fatigue, anemia, weight loss, abdominal distention, and occasional nausea and vomiting.
A clinicopathologic case is presented. The patient was a 12-year-old white girl with a history of fatigue and dizziness, occasional nausea and vomiting, and anemia, who showed abdominal distention, especially in the epigastrium. An epigastric mass was palpable. Gastroscopy was done, and surgery followed. Pertinent laboratory findings are presented, and clinical discussion follows. The pathology is then presented and discussed.
University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.
L Julio
LJ
Reinstein
Afif
A
Ahmed
Enid
E
Gilbert-Barness
Herbert H
HH
Pomerance
D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D015431:Weight Loss