Open AccessSurgical Treatment of a Giant Liposarcoma in a Japanese Man
Author(s) -
Yasuhiro Hashimoto,
Shingo Hatakeyama,
Tokushi Tachiwada,
Takahiro Yoneyama,
Takuya Koie,
Noritaka Kamimura,
Takeshi Yanagisawa,
Kenichi Hakamada,
Chikara Οhyama
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advances in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1687-6377
pISSN - 1687-6369
DOI - 10.1155/2010/943073
Subject(s) - liposarcoma , medicine , surgical excision , surgery , pathology , sarcoma
We report a case of a rapidly progressing giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma weighing 22 kg in a 41-year-old Japanese man, successfully treated with surgical excision. To our knowledge, this is the largest liposarcoma in the Japanese population reported in the literature.
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