title: [Massive localized lymphedema: a reactive lesion simulating liposarcoma (case report].
abstract: The authors present a case-history of massive localized lymphedema in a 54 year old female patient (height 167 cm, weight 113 kg). The history of the lymphedema lasted about 1 year. Its growth was not accompained with subjective complaints. It was diagnosed as a pendulous tumor of soft tissues in the thigh, 70 x 65 cm large. In preoperative diagnosis it was classified as a liposarcoma. The tumor lesion was removed and sent for bioptic examinations. Both histological and immunohistochemical biopsies denied benign or malignant nature of the soft tissue tumors and confirmed the diagnosis of a massive localized lymphedema.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013848:Thigh
vernacular_title: Masívny lokalizovaný lymfedém: reaktívna lézia simulujúca liposarkóm (Kazuistika).