Open AccessPrimary pleural liposarcoma: A rare entity
Author(s) -
Nidhi Prabhakar,
Kim Vaiphei,
Vikarn Vishwajeet,
Eniyavel Ramamoorthy,
Ujjwal Gorsi,
Sahajal Dhooria,
Rakesh Kapoor,
Sandhu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_246_18
Subject(s) - medicine , liposarcoma , calcification , radiology , pleural thickening , biopsy , computed tomography , pathology , sarcoma
Primary pleural liposarcoma (PPL) is a rare malignant tumor of the pleura. The diagnosis of PPL may be suspected on chest imaging based on radiologic features such as large pleural mass showing areas of fat with or without calcification. Herein, we present the case of a 32-year-old male whose contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the chest revealed a large, heterogeneous, hypodense, right pleural-based mass with small areas of fat and calcification within it. An ultrasound-guided biopsy was performed, which confirmed the diagnosis of a myxoid variant of pleural liposarcoma.