A case of huge primary liposarcoma in the liver.
Primary liver liposarcoma is a rare disease. Because of its rarity, the knowledge of the clinical course, management, and prognosis of primary liver liposarcoma are all limited for clinicians. A 61-year-old female patient who suffered from a huge primary liposarcoma in the central portion of the liver had the clinical presentations of fever, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, and body weight loss. The huge tumor was resected successfully. However, the tumor recurred repeatedly and she had repeated hepatectomies to remove the tumor. The tumor became aggravating after repeated surgeries. Eventually, the patient had cervical spinal metastasis of liposarcoma and she survived for 26 months after liver liposarcoma was diagnosed. Although the tumor may become aggravating after repeated surgeries, repeated hepatectomies are still the best policy to achieve a long-term survival for the patients.
Department of General Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital 5 and Medical School of Chang-Gung University, Fu-Hsing Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, China.
Liang-Mou
LM
Kuo
Hong-Shiue
HS
Chou
Kun-Ming
KM
Chan
Ming-Chin
MC
Yu
Wei-Chen
WC
Lee
D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome