Imaging of Pediatric Abdominal Soft Tissue Tumors: A COG Diagnostic Imaging Committee/SPR Oncology Committee White Paper

Overview

Journal Pediatr Blood Cancer

Specialties Hematology
Oncology
Pediatrics

Date 2023 Apr 19

PMID 37073573

Authors

Abhay Srinivasan

Ashishkumar Parikh

Erika Pace

Ann Schechter

Elizabeth Tang

Sabah Servaes

Affiliations

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Abstract

This paper provides imaging recommendations for pediatric abdominal tumors that arise outside of the solid viscera. These tumors are rare in children and have been categorized in two groups: abdominal wall and peritoneal tumors (desmoid tumor and desmoplastic small round cell tumor) and tumors that arise from the gastrointestinal tract (gastrointestinal stromal tumor and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumor). Authors offer consensus recommendations for imaging assessment of these tumors at diagnosis, during follow-up, and when off-therapy.

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