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21868549

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma (LGMFS) is a fusiform cell tumor which develops in bone or soft tissues. This type of tumor frequently occurs in the oral cavity and extremities, while it is extremely rarely found in the abdominal cavity. This article reports a case of LGMFS exceeding 20 cm in diameter in the abdominal cavity observed in a 65-year-old male patient. The patient visited our hospital complaining of a heavy feeling of the stomach and abdominal distension. Imaging examinations revealed a giant solid tumor in the abdomen, and surgical treatment was scheduled. During the operation, a tumor about 20 cm in diameter with its anterior aspect covered with the greater omentum was found. The tumor had firm adhesions to the surrounding tissues, and it was excised with concomitant resections of the tail of the pancreas and the spleen. Histopathologically, fusiform cells were arranged in a complicated or storiform pattern, and immunohistochemical staining revealed that the tumor was positive for ?-smooth muscle actin, negative for S100?, H-caldesmon and c-KIT, and a diagnosis of LGMFS was made.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1791-7530
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2989-94
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
A low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma in the abdominal cavity.
pubmed:affiliation
Depertment of Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports