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- Title
Recurrent primary mediastinal liposarcoma: A case report.
- Authors
CHUN ZHAO; FANGBIAO ZHANG; XIANGYAN ZHANG; SHAOSONG TU; ZHIJUN WU; XIA LI; YINGMING XIANG; CHUNHUI ZHENG; QINGHUI ZENG
- Abstract
Primary mediastinal liposarcomas are extremely rare. The current study reports the case of a 63-year-old man presenting with a primary liposarcoma arising from the posterior mediastinum. The patient reported a 6-month history of chest pain with increasing dyspnea for 2 months. Enhanced computed tomography revealed a 10x16-cm mass in the posterior mediastinum. Other physical examinations were normal. Radical resection was performed under the agreement of patient. Subsequent pathological analysis indicated a liposarcoma. The patient recovered and was successfully discharged. However, at a follow-up examination 12 months after surgery, recurrence was identified in the anterior mediastinum. Therefore, the patient underwent surgery. The postoperative course was uneventful, however, there was evidence of disease recurrence 2 years after the second surgery. The patient refused any treatment and succumbed after 3 months.
- Subjects
MEDIASTINAL tumors; LIPOSARCOMA; CANCER treatment complications; CANCER relapse; COMPUTED tomography; THERAPEUTICS; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
Oncology Letters, 2016, Vol 11, Issue 6, p3782
- ISSN
1792-1074
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3892/ol.2016.4453