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Age and Ageing 2005 34(1):88-89; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi002
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Age and Ageing Vol. 34 No. 1 © British Geriatrics Society 2005; all rights reserved

Case Report

Spindle cell sarcoma: a rare cause of a large abdominal mass

V. Bills1, R. Iqbal1, M. Haqqani2 and J. E. Clague1

1 Department of Medicine for the Elderly, 2 Department of Histopathology, University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK

Address correspondence to: J. E. Clague. Fax: (+44) 151 529 3787. Email: john.clague{at}aht.nwest.nhs.uk

A 73-year-old man presented with a huge intra-abdominal mass. Initially a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) was diagnosed, but his tumour was subsequently classified as a spindle cell sarcoma. Difficulties in the classification of rare intra-abdominal tumours are discussed.

Keywords: spindle cell sarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), elderly

Received August 24, 2004; Revision received September 22, 2004. accepted in revised form September 22, 2004.


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