Intra-abdominal omental mass as a desmoplastic round cell tumor: A rare case report

Key Clinical MessageDesmoplastic round cell tumor, though rare, must be taken into consideration as a differential diagnosis, thus aiding in early evaluation and changing the trajectory of the natural history of the disease condition, and improving the prognosis of patients.AbstractDesmoplastic small round cell tumor is a rare, aggressive tumor of mesenchymal origin with an incidence of 0.74 cases per million. We present a young adult with a periumbilical mass who was diagnosed as a desmoplastic round cell tumor and later was treated with exploratory laparotomy and resection of the tumor with no recurrence during a 6-month follow-up period. Histopathological image of desmoplastic small round cell tumor.image