title: Omental caking: a rare manifestation of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour.
abstract: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) is a very rare tumour with an incidence of one per 100,000 and constitutes between 3 to 10% of all soft tissue sarcomas. Most of the sarcoma involve the extremities and retroperitoneal regions. However, this case presented with mass in left inguinal region and then spread rapidly to omentum, assuming the appearance of an omental cake. Mass responded well to chemotherapy comprising of Ifosfamide and Doxorubicin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, KIRAN Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: Sadia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: Javed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mehboob
authors.forename: Asghar H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Asghar
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mateen
authors.forename: Tehseen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: Abid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hameed
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed