Abdominal mass resident survival guide

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: , Javaria Anwer M.D.[2]
Synonyms and keywords: abdominal lump resident survival guide

Overview

An abdominal mass is a vast entity in oncology.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. The life-threatening causes of an abdominal mass include:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm (specifically Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm)
• Volvulus

Common Causes

Common causes of an abdominal mass described below follow a descending order. The list is based on a retrospective study from Turkey among 45 adult patients who underwent surgery because of an intra-abdominal mass (between May 2010 and May 2017).

Benign pathologies

• Mesenteric cyst
• Endometriosis
• Hydatid cyst
• Fibroma
• Dystrophic calcification
• Aberrant pancreas
• Leiomyoma
• Pseudocyst

Malignant pathologies

• Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
• Liposarcoma
• Ovarian tumor
• Chondrosarcoma
• Neuroendocrine tumor
• Malignt mesenchymal tumor
• Lymphoma
• Schwannoma

Diagnosis

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Treatment

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Do's

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Don'ts

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References

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