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The Unexpected Abdominal Mass in a 3-Year-Old
Shruti Gupta1, Vutla Saisree1, Pankaj Kumar1
1Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, All Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli, India.
Abstract:
Paediatric abdominal masses encompass a wide range of differential diagnoses including various inflammatory, benign and malignant aetiologies. A thorough clinical examination and imaging are the preliminary investigations of choice to ascertain the nature and extent of the abdominal mass. Fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology (FNABC) is a rapid, reliable and cost-effective tool for the definitive diagnosis. In the present case, a 3-year-old child presenting with a gradually increasing large abdominal mass was subjected to FNABC.
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