title: A pictorial review of imaging of abdominal tumours in adolescence.
abstract: Neoplastic abdominal tumours, particularly those originating from embryonal tissue (such as hepatoblastoma and nephroblastoma) and neural crest cells (such as neuroblastoma), are well-documented in young children. Neoplasms of adulthood, most commonly carcinoma of different visceral organs, are also well-documented. Abdominal tumours in adolescence constitute a distinct pathological group. The radiological features of some of these tumours have been described only in isolated reports. The purpose of this pictorial essay was to review the imaging findings of various kinds of abdominal tumours in adolescent patients (with an age range of 10-16 years) who presented to the Children Cancer Center of our institution in the past 15 years. Some tumours, though rare, have characteristic imaging appearances (especially in CT) that enable an accurate diagnosis before definite histological confirmation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Darshana D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Rasalkar
authors.forename: Winnie C W
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Frankie W T
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Sze Ki
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Siu Cheung
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Chi Kong
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D017599:Neuroectodermal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*