The added value of CEUS and ultrasound-guided biopsy in diagnosing an aggressive desmoplastic small round cell tumour of peritoneum in a young male. A case report
-
Published:2022-12-21
Issue:4
Volume:24
Page:499
-
ISSN:2066-8643
-
Container-title:Medical Ultrasonography
-
language:
-
Short-container-title:Med Ultrason
Author:
Sparchez Mihaela,Mocan Tudor,Caraiani Cosmin,Rusu Ioana,Sparchez Zeno Adrian
Abstract
Desmoplastic small round cell tumour (DSRCT) is a rare and highly aggressive mesenchymal neoplasm with poor prognosis that develops in male adolescents and young adults. We report the case of a 32-year-old male admitted with abdominal distension and ascites. An ultrasonography (US) scan showed multiple peritoneal masses with large ascites. The dominant mass had a hypervascular homogenous aspect at contrast-enhanced ultrasound with wash-out in the venous phase. Thoracoabdominal CT, performed for staging the disease, confirmed the US aspect. The US-guided percutaneous biopsy revealed DSRCT of the peritoneum. Chemotherapy was then started with minimal clinical improvement, increase in tumoral burden and death after three months. US and US-guided biopsy played an essential role in diagnosing this case. The aggressive course of the disease and seeding at paracentesis sites are the particularities of the presented case.
Publisher
SRUMB - Romanian Society for Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology
Subject
Acoustics and Ultrasonics,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Cited by
1 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献