Open AccessManagement of Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Alper Bitkin,
Mustafa Aydın,
İnci Yavuz,
Ramazan İnan,
Lokman İrkılata
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
grand journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2757-7163
DOI - 10.5222/gju.2021.98609
Subject(s) - liposarcoma , medicine , surgical resection , resection , surgery , overall survival , radiology , sarcoma , pathology
Retroperitoneal liposarcoma (RPLS) is a rare tumor. Early diagnosis and treatment are difficult due to absence of specific clinical presentations. We report a case of a 66-years-old woman who succesfully underwent complete surgical resection for a giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma. The complete surgical resection is the most important predictor of local recurrence and overall survival. We believe that complete surgical resection involving adjacent organs is a curative treatment to increase overall survival, especially in the presence of invasion of large tumors.