Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma masquerading as liver abscess: A case report with typical imaging features

Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma (UES) is an uncommon paediatric hepatic tumour that clinically simulates a liver abscess when present with fever. This report describes a case of UES in a 12-year-old boy, who presented with abdominal pain, swelling and fever, all simulating a liver abscess. The po...

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Published inSA journal of radiology Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. e1 - e4
Main Authors Patel, Ranjan K, Pathak, Swasti
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cresta African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 2021
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
AOSIS
Subjects
Abdomen
Abscesses
Age
Biopsy
Case Report
Computed tomography
Cysts
Diagnosis
Fever
haemorrhage
Histochemistry
Liver
liver abscess
Liver diseases
Magnetic resonance imaging
Pain
paradoxical appearance
Patients
Sarcoma
Serology
serpiginous vessels
Stem cells
Tumors
undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma
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Summary:Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma (UES) is an uncommon paediatric hepatic tumour that clinically simulates a liver abscess when present with fever. This report describes a case of UES in a 12-year-old boy, who presented with abdominal pain, swelling and fever, all simulating a liver abscess. The possibility of UES was considered at imaging, based on the solid appearance on ultrasound and cystic appearance with serpiginous peripheral vessels on computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging. The diagnosis was confirmed at histopathology.
ISSN:1027-202X
2078-6778
DOI:10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2179