Giant gluteal lipoma-like liposarcoma: a case report

Liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults with a peak incidence between the 4th and 6th decade of life and slight preponderance to the male gender. It originates from multipotential primitive mesenchymal cells, rather than mature adipose tissue. An unusual case of a rapidly...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:World journal of surgical oncology 2008-07, Vol.6 (1), p.81-81, Article 81
Main Authors: Sultan, Maitham, Burezq, Hisham, Bang, Rameshwar L, El-Kabany, Moustafa, Eskaf, Waddah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Buttocks
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Humans
Lipoma - pathology
Lipoma - surgery
Liposarcoma - pathology
Liposarcoma - surgery
Male
Sarcoma
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - pathology
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - surgery
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults with a peak incidence between the 4th and 6th decade of life and slight preponderance to the male gender. It originates from multipotential primitive mesenchymal cells, rather than mature adipose tissue. An unusual case of a rapidly growing giant lipoma-like liposarcoma of the left gluteal and perineal areas in a young male was presented. The patient was managed by wide local excision of the lesion and coverage with split thickness skin graft. The key issues surrounding the treatment of lipoma-like liposarcoma and literature review is discussed. For such unusual case of this particular rapidly growing tumor, a longer follow-up is needed to evaluate the outcome in these cases.
ISSN:1477-7819
1477-7819
DOI:10.1186/1477-7819-6-81