title: [A case of pleomorphic liposarcoma involving a parahypopharyngeal site].
abstract: Soft tissue sarcomas are uncommon, accounting for fewer than 1% of malignant neoplasms of the head and neck. The most frequent histotype is malignant fibrohistiocytoma (29%), while the least common is liposarcoma (1%). We report the case of a 20-year-old man with a malignant hypopharyngeal pleomorphic liposarcoma, successfully treated with surgery and adjuvant radio- and chemotherapy. The patient is doing well 8 years after the operation, without any signs of local recurrence or distant metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Trapianti d'Organo e Tecnologie Avanzate Azienda Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Catania.
authors.forename: Matteo Angelo
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cannizzaro
authors.forename: Annunziata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veroux
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costanzo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferraù
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veroux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male