Giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma surgical management

Giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma surgical management

Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are very infrequent retroperitoneal malignant tumours. Most patients complain of palpable abdominal mass and only half present with abdominal pain. With haematogenous spread they can reach, mainly, lungs and liver, but only in 10% of cases. Here we report the presentatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2022-02, Vol.104 (2), p.e54-e56
Hauptverfasser: Herrera-Almario, G, Cabrera, L F, Londoño-Schimmer, E E, Pedraza, M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abdomen
Abdominal Pain
Cancer therapies
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Diabetes
Gastric cancer
Gene amplification
Humans
Liposarcoma
Liposarcoma - diagnostic imaging
Liposarcoma - surgery
Male
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Middle Aged
Online Case Report
Patients
Radiation therapy
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - pathology
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - surgery
Sarcoma
Surgery
Tomography
Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are very infrequent retroperitoneal malignant tumours. Most patients complain of palpable abdominal mass and only half present with abdominal pain. With haematogenous spread they can reach, mainly, lungs and liver, but only in 10% of cases. Here we report the presentation and surgical treatment of a giant massive retroperitoneal liposarcoma in a 53-year-old man.
ISSN:0035-8843
1478-7083
DOI:10.1308/rcsann.2021.0101