Pathology Case of the Month

Middle-Age Female with Abdominal Mass

A 45-year-old otherwise healthy woman presented with a painless, progressively enlarging mass in the left lower quadrant that had been increasing in size over the past six months. She denied weight loss or other constitutional symptoms. Computed tomography revealed a 12.5 cm, well-defined but locally infiltrative soft tissue mass involving the abdominal wall musculature. An initial biopsy was performed, followed by surgical resection of the lesion. Read more...