title: Recurrent liposarcomas of the abdomen and retroperitoneum: three case reports.
abstract: We report three cases of patients with liposarcomas of the abdomen who had been treated during the last 13 years (1980-1993). Two patients were men, aged 29 and 51 years, with tumors of the retroperitoneal space and the third patient was a woman aged 64 years with a tumor in the peritoneal cavity. Therapeutic treatment was as aggressive as possible excision of the tumor. In the case of the first male patient, the histological examination revealed a retroperitoneal myxoid liposarcoma which recurred 5 times within 13 years. In the second male patient, it revealed a well differentiated retroperitoneal liposarcoma of the sclerosing type which recurred 5 times within 5 years since the first treatment. Finally, the one female patient had 2 recurrences of myxoid liposarcoma of the abdomen 9 years after the first operation, presented with an infected mass and has been well since then.
authors.affiliation: Third Academic Unit, Athens University Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fotiadis
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Zografos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karatzas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papachristodoulou
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sechas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D018208:Liposarcoma, Myxoid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D009852:Omentum; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome