Giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma

Int J Urol. 2005 Feb;12(2):220-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01019.x.

Abstract

Liposarcomas are one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas of adulthood. Liposarcomas are remarkable because of their frequently large size. We report a case with an extremely large dedifferentiated liposarcoma that weighed 18 kg. Although it was capsulated and could be excised en bloc, the patient suffered a relapse 9 months later and died 1 year after the operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Liposarcoma / pathology*
  • Liposarcoma / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy
  • Retroperitoneal Space / pathology