title: Desmoplastic small round cell tumor in the abdomen and pelvis: report of CT findings in 11 affected children and young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our objective was to evaluate the CT features of desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) of the abdomen and pelvis in pediatric and young adult patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Characteristic CT features of DSRCT include bulky intraabdominal soft-tissue masses that involve omental and serosal surfaces, without a distinct organ of origin; solid, dominant, heterogeneous pelvic masses in the retrovesical or rectouterine spaces; and concurrent metastases, common at the time of diagnosis, particularly those involving lymph nodes and liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellah
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Suzuki-Bordalo
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brecher
authors.forename: Jill P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ginsberg
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maris
authors.forename: Bruce R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Pawel
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed