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Contralateral displacement of abdominal viscera by a retroperitoneal liposarcoma: Ultrasonic demonstration
Author(s) -
Kim Erich,
Goldman Stanford M.,
Minkin Stanford D.,
Salik Julian O.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870050217
Subject(s) - medicine , liposarcoma , displacement (psychology) , ultrasonography , anatomy , radiology , abdominal cavity , abdominal ultrasonography , pathology , sarcoma , psychology , psychotherapist
Occasional reports have described contralateral displacement of the kidney, gall bladder, or liver by masses, but no ultrasonographic description of this phenomenon has been published. To our knowledge, this is the first report of contralateral displacement of all three structures by an encapsulated, well‐differentiated, low‐grade liposarcoma. The significance to the ultrasonographer lies in the fact that he may be the firt physician, as we were in this case, to have the opportunity to recognize the true anatomical relationships of all three organs and to suggest that this tumor is more likely to be benign or slowly growing rather than a highly infiltrative process.