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The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

June 2023

Imaging of pediatric abdominal soft tissue tumors: A COG Diagnostic Imaging Committee/SPR Oncology Committee White Paper.

Author Information

Srinivasan, Abhay; Parikh, Ashishkumar; Pace, Erika; Schechter, Ann; Tang, Elizabeth; Servaes, Sabah

1Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 2Department of Radiology, Emory University Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 3Department of Radiology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. 4Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. 5Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA. 6Department of Radiology, WVU Medicine Children's Hospital, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

Publication

Pediatr Blood Cancer

Summary

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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