The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 6 , Pages e59-e60, June 2009

Huge liposarcoma of the left retroperitoneum

  • Ruediger S. Goertz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Berthold H. Lenfers, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, St. Marien-Hospital, Luenen, Germany
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  • Guenter H. Goertz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery II, St. Marien-Hospital, Luenen, Germany

Received 16 April 2008; received in revised form 17 July 2008 published online 09 March 2009.

Abstract 

Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft-tissue sarcomas. Unless it grows to massive proportions, it rarely causes symptoms. A 64-year-old man presented with weight loss, asthenia, and increasing abdominal girth caused by a large liposarcoma in the left retroperitoneum. Despite resection with sarcoma-free margins and intensive follow-up evaluation, he died of a tumor recurrence 2 years later. Complete surgical resection of the liposarcoma is the only curative option, but establishing a prognosis remains a challenge.

Keywords: Huge, Liposarcoma, Retroperitoneum, Prognosis

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 The manuscript has been seen and approved by all authors. The material is previously unpublished. There was no financial support and no potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0002-9610(08)00838-6

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.07.061

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 6 , Pages e59-e60, June 2009

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