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Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Chavan Shahaji,

Parasnis Amit,

Prashant Punia,

Sachin Tekade

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in oncological medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 2090-6714

pISSN - 2090-6706

DOI - 10.1155/2012/869409

Subject(s) - liposarcoma , medicine , sarcoma , soft tissue sarcoma , myxoid liposarcoma , soft tissue , retroperitoneal space , radiology , pathology

Soft tissue sarcomas represent less than 1% of all human neoplasms. One-third of malignant tumors that arise in the retroperitoneum are sarcomas and liposarcoma is the most common retroperitoneal sarcoma. More often than not, patients report late to the hospital due to the slow progress and few late symptoms. Thus, the tumor is known to grow to enormous sizes. Here, we report a case of giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma weighing more than 7 kgs.

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