Primary liposarcoma of esophagus: a case report.
Liposarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in adult life while esophageal liposarcoma is an extremely rare tumor. In the world literature, only 14 cases of esophageal liposarcomas have been described. We report a 72-year old male patient who was urgently admitted to our hospital for acute epigastric pain with a burning retrosternal sensation, persistent nausea, vomiting and dysphagia. Barium swallow, upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, esophageal manometry and CT scan, failed to accurately diagnose the lesion. After surgical resection of an esophageal polypoid tumor, the histological examination revealed a well-differentiated grade I liposarcoma. Diagnostic and therapeutic tools were discussed and the results of literature were reviewed.
3rd Department of Surgery, University of Athens, ATTIKON University General Hospital, Haidari, Athens, Greece.
Theodore D
TD
Liakakos
Theodore G
TG
Troupis
Charalambos
C
Tzathas
Konstantina
K
Spirou
Irene
I
Nikolaou
Spiridon
S
Ladas
Gabriel M
GM
Karatzas
D000368:Aged; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed