title: Liposarcoma complicating pregnancy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An adnexal mass in pregnancy is a common occurrence. Malignancy is uncommon and only seven cases of liposarcoma have been reported in association with pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of a pregnant patient who was diagnosed with an adnexal mass detected by ultrasound at 13 weeks gestation. The mass was surgically removed postpartum, when it was found to be a liposarcoma. Postoperatively she received chemotherapy but eventually succumbed to her disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Liposarcoma is rarely found in association with pregnancy and may follow an aggressive course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA. stebes@hsc.usf.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tebes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cardosi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography