title: [69 year-old patient with opaque hemithorax on the right side].
abstract: Liposarcomas are the most common sarcomas in adults. Mediastinal occurrence is very rare. We report on a 69 year-old man with a huge tumor in the right pleural cavity leading to a complete atelectasis of the right lung. The tumor could be completely resected. Histology showed a well-differentiated liposarcoma of the mediastinum. One year after resection there was no evidence for local recurrence or metastatic spread.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik 1 mit Poliklinik, Universitätsklinik Erlangen-Nürnberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen. florian.fuchs@med1.imed.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wiest
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*