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R S Lim1, A Z Kielar1,2,3,4, R H El-Maraghi3,4, M A Fraser1, C Nessim2, S Thipphavong4.
Abstract
Clinical Vignette: A 50-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with increasing abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography imaging reveals an expanded inferior vena cava-filling defect that is suspicious for a retroperitoneal sarcoma, possibly a primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava. The surgery team discusses the case with the radiologist, and all agree that there are multiple challenges with obtaining a tissue diagnosis and determining resectability. Thus, it is decided that this patient should be discussed at a multidisciplinary case conference. In the present article, we feature a case-based scenario focusing on the role of the radiologist in this type of multidisciplinary team.Entities:
Keywords: Multidisciplinary case conferences; cancer management; retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcomas; tumour boards; value of radiology
Year: 2017 PMID: 28680282 PMCID: PMC5486387 DOI: 10.3747/co.24.3478
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Oncol ISSN: 1198-0052 Impact factor: 3.677