TY  - JOUR
T1  - RAdiological case of the month
AU  - Gwinn JL, Lee FA, Fruchter ZZ
Y1  - 1969/09/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100040487013
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 485
EP  - 486
VL  - 118
IS  - 3
N2  - CLINICAL HISTORY.—This 11-month-old boy was brought to the hospital because of lack of appetite, loss of weight, and an abdominal mass. The mother stated that she first noted enlargement of the abdomen one month earlier. No other symptoms were present.A large mass was palpable in the left flank and extended into the iliac fossa. There were no other abnormal physical findings. An anemia was present with an erythrocyte count of 2,720,000/cu mm and hemoglobin determination of 50%.Denouement and DiscussionRetroperitoneal Spindle Cell SarcomaThe plain roentgenograms of the abdomen show a soft tissue mass in the left flank displacing the intestine to the right. There are no calcifications. On excretory urography (Fig 1), contrast is seen in the mass on the left, and there appear to be two superimposed renal collecting structures to the right of the spine. In the lateral projection (Fig 2), the collecting structures of
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100040487013
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100040487013
ER  -