Open AccessA rare case of a giant anterior mediastinal liposarcoma
Author(s) -
Namdeo Mahadeo Gaikwad,
S. V. Srikrishna,
Srikanth Kasturi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-019-00871-6
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , histopathology , cardiothoracic surgery , thoracotomy , mediastinal mass , surgery , vascular surgery , liposarcoma , mediastinal tumor , pericardium , general surgery , radiology , mediastinum , sarcoma , pathology
We report a case of a 53-year-old lady who was incidentally diagnosed to have giant anterior mediastinal mass while undergoing preoperative evaluation for another surgery. She came for surgery after 2 years when she became symptomatic. A large 6.7-lb (2800 g) tumor occupying both hemithoraces and engulfing heart was excised in its entirety through a clamshell thoracotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass standby. Histopathology revealed the final diagnosis as well as differentiated liposarcoma. She is now able to walk 2 km without any symptoms at the end of a 24-month follow-up.