Desmoplastic small round  cell tumour: an unusual presentation of an unusual tumour

Okera, Meena; Moffat, David; Selva-Nayagam, Sudarshan

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03463.x

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To the Editor: We report a case of desmoplastic small round cell tumour (DSRCT) in the liver of a 23-year-old woman who presented with a recurrent non-pruritic rash.

1 RAH Cancer Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
2 SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: sid.selva@health.sa.gov.au

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