title: Sporadic intra-abdominal desmoid: a rare presentation as a hepatic mass.
abstract: We report an unusual presentation of a sporadic intra-abdominal desmoid tumour, possibly arising from the diaphragm, masquerading as a hepatic mass in a young female without any history of surgery or trauma. Histopathology ruled out a hepatic origin of the tumour as was inferred from pre- and intraoperative evaluation. Immunohistochemistry showed positivity of lesional fibroblastic cells for β-catenin and negativity for CD34, CD117, EMA, SMA, desmin, vimentin, cytokeratin, and ALK1 thereby confirming the diagnosis of a desmoid tumour. There exist only a few reports in the literature on desmoids related to the diaphragm, but only one on a diaphragmatic desmoid that is possibly primary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical College, Kolkata, 88, College Street, Kolkata 700073, India.
authors.forename: Shahana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Udipta
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Souvik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ayusman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Satapathy
authors.forename: Shamita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Tamal Kanti
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authors.lastname: Choudhury