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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2010; 20(01): 69-71
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.59760
Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Radiology

Paradoxical hepatic tumor: Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver

Kushaljit Singh Sodhi
Department of Medical Imaging, Royal Children′s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Elhamy Bekhitt
Department of Medical Imaging, Royal Children′s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
,
Christian Rickert
Department of Pathology, Royal Children′s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Abstract

Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma (UES) is a rare primary malignant tumor of the liver that typically presents in late childhood. We report a case of primary UES, which had a typical paradoxical appearance on different imaging modalities.

Keywords

Liver - tumor - children - embryonal sarcoma - imaging


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Article published online:
02 August 2021

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