Mimickers of soft tissue tumours in the hand and wrist are more frequent than true neoplastic lesions. Pseudotumours belong to a large and heterogeneous group of disorders, varying from normal anatomical variants, cystic lesions, post-traumatic lesions, skin lesions, inflammatory and infectious lesions, non-neoplastic vascular lesions, metabolic disorders (crystal deposition disease and amyloid...

Inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) is an uncommon, benign lesion of unclear etiology, which is sometimes associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). In this study, we discuss a case of hepatic EBV positive IPT and discuss mimickers, prognosis, and treatment. The case we describe was located in the liver and composed of a mixture of spindle cells and polymorphic inflammatory cells with areas of necros...

Background. The prevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), an AIDS-defining illness, has increased in parallel with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The presence of violaceous skin lesions should raise suspicion of KS. However, especially on dark skin, KS mimics a variety of non-KS skin conditions. Histologically, there is a wide range of expressions of KS and a large number of mimickers. For all these reasons...

This pathway provides guidance for the imaging of adult patients with right iliac fossa pain or suspected acute appendicitis, as well as the many mimickers of appendicitis. Date reviewed: May 2015 Date of next review: 2017/2018 Published: May 2015 Quick User Guide Move the mouse cursor over the PINK text boxes inside the flow chart to bring up a pop up box with salient points. Clicking on the P...

Any medical diagnosis should take a multimodal approach, especially those involving tumour-like conditions, as entities that mimic neoplasms have overlapping features and may present detrimental outcomes if they are underdiagnosed. These case reports present diagnostic pitfalls resulting from overdependence on a single diagnostic parameter for three musculoskeletal neoplasm mimics: brown tumour...

desmoplastic small round cell tumor (dscrt) is a rare variant of sarcoma with a highly aggressive behavior. it usually affects abdominal cavity and has a male predominance. its correct diagnosis and treatment is sophisticated and requires an experienced multidisciplinary team. hereby we present a 25 yrold man from kerman province in 2013 with abdominal mass and ascites who underwent sonograghy ...