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Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the small bowel mesentery: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings

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Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is a rare tumor that commonly arises in the lower extremities but rarely in the mesentery. We report computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of LGFMS of the small bowel mesentery. On CT, the mass was composed of two components. One component, on its right side, appeared to have isointense attenuation relative to muscle, whereas the other component, on its left side, appeared to have low attenuation. On MRI the mass on the right side showed hypointensity similar to muscle on both T1-and T2-weighted images as well as mostly slight enhancement on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images. On the other hand, the mass on the left side showed relative hypointensity on T1-weighted images and hyperintensity on T2-weighted images as well as intense enhancement on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images, suggesting that the tumor contained myxoid tissue. The myxoid area of LGFMS may have a tendency to reveal intense enhancement on contrast-enhanced images.

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  1. Division of Radiology, Department of Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan

    Shinya Fujii, Toshibumi Kinoshita & Toshihide Ogawa

  2. Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoko Kawawa & Noriko Kamata

  3. Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

    Yoko Kawawa

  4. Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Shinichiro Horiguchi

  5. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Research Institute of Brain and Blood Vessels, Akita, Japan

    Toshibumi Kinoshita

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Fujii, S., Kawawa, Y., Horiguchi, S. et al. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the small bowel mesentery: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings. Radiat Med 26, 244–247 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-007-0214-7

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