title: Retroperitoneal liposarcoma with metastasis to both orbits: an unusual metastatic site.
abstract: Liposarcoma is among the most common adult histotypes of soft tissue sarcoma. It usually arises from the deep soft tissue of the extremities or the retroperitoneum. Despite the high content of fat in the orbit, both benign and malignant tumors of adipose tissue are extremely rare at this site; reports describing liposarcoma metastatic to the orbit are rare. Our report is a new case and the appropriate methods for diagnosis and treatment of this unusual metastatic site in this type of cancer are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology A, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, via Elio Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy. alessandra.fabi@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabi
authors.forename: Nello
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salesi
authors.forename: Antonello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidiri
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirri
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ferraresi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cognetti
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy