title: Giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma.
abstract: Liposarcomas are one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas of adulthood. Liposarcomas are remarkable because of their frequently large size. We report a case with an extremely large dedifferentiated liposarcoma that weighed 18 kg. Although it was capsulated and could be excised en bloc, the patient suffered a relapse 9 months later and died 1 year after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan. inoue68@aol.com
authors.forename: Katsuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higaki
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000473:pathology