Uterine involvement by intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor in a 63-year-old female

Abstract

Hui Y-Z, Xue W-C, Dai L, Yu H, Guo Q-X, Qian H-N. Uterine involvement by the intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor in a 63-year-old female. Int J Gynecol Cancer 1998; 8: 434–438. A 63-year-old female with the newly described neoplasm “intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor” is presented. Clinically, the patient presented with hematuria for a period of 15 days, and multiple, complex abdominopelvic tumor masses with uterine involvement were found. Diagnosis was based on pathologic examination of tissue specimens obtained during exploratory laparotomy. In our patient, all the pathologic criteria for intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor were met, despite the patient's age. Similar to most patients with this tumor, our patient survived for only four months following surgery. To our knowledge, this is the third case of intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor described in a post-menopausal female.