title: Desmoplastic round cell tumour of the abdomen.
abstract: Desmoplastic round cell tumour is a very rare tumour of childhood and young adults, and is not usually suspected as an explanation of intraabdominal or pelvic tumour. We report two cases of desmoplastic round cell tumour of the abdomen in the paediatric age group, occurring in two boys, an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old. We aim to demonstrate the imaging findings and to emphasise the importance of including this tumour in the differential diagnosis of childhood intraabdominal and pelvic tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.lastname: Hiralal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gamanagatti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thulkar
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed