title: Well-differentiated liposarcoma of the hand. Case report.
abstract: Malignant lipomatous tumours of the hands are extremely rare. A 62-year-old man complained of an enlarging, soft, painless mass in his left hand. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a fatty tumour with irregular septa, and an incisional biopsy showed it to be a well-differentiated liposarcoma. The tumour was resected en bloc and he had a course of external beam radiotherapy. Apart from a slight reduction in grip strength he was well 15 months later with no sign of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed