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World J Gastrointest Surg. Feb 27, 2014; 6(2): 33-37
Published online Feb 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i2.33
Published online Feb 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i2.33
Rare diaphragmatic tumor mimicking liver mass
Shalini Thapar, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Arvind Ahuja, Archana Rastogi, Department of Hepatopathology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Author contributions: Thapar S made substantial contributions to the conception and design, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafted the article and helped in final approval of the version to be published; Ahuja A and Rastogi A helped in critically revising the article for important intellectual content and contributed to the conception, design, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; and Ahuja A helped in drafting the article.
Correspondence to: Shalini Thapar, Associate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Sector D-1 Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India. thaparshalini@gmail.com
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Received: May 12, 2013
Revised: December 12, 2013
Accepted: January 13, 2014
Published online: February 27, 2014
Revised: December 12, 2013
Accepted: January 13, 2014
Published online: February 27, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: In this paper, a patient with low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the diaphragm which mimicked a liver mass on preoperative imaging is reported. Particular attention is paid to retrospective analysis of the vascularity of the mass on computed tomography angiography to differentiate it as an extrahepatic mass. The histopathological analysis of this case, as well as a collective review, is also presented in this report.