Liposarcoma of the cheek in an infant.
A case of liposarcoma of the cheek in a 6-month-old infant has been presented. This tumor, one of the most common malignant tumors of soft tissue in the body generally, is exceedingly rare in the head and neck regions, having been reported in this location on only a few occasions. A review of the literature reveals that this patient was one of the youngest so affected. The postoperative course was uneventful, and after three years no evidence of recurrence or metastasis has been observed.
D002610:Cheek; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*