title: [Retroperitoneal sarcomas - size not decisive].
abstract: A 70 year-old female presented with a 40 x 40 cm unresectable liposarcoma which showed progression during chemotherapy. After renewed evaluation, a radical resection was done. The second case concerns a 64 year-old male with a 19 x 15 cm liposarcoma in the upper abdomen. A radical tumour resection together with the pancreatic tail, the spleen and the transverse mesocolon/colon was carried out. Both patients recovered without complications, and remain disease-free at two years. Retroperitoneal sarcomas are notoriously "silent", and may grow to considerable size before diagnosis. The evaluation is difficult, and radical resection frequently demands multiorgan surgery. Management at a national "Sarcoma Unit" is essential for the prognosis.
authors: Kirurgisk Gastroenterologisk Afdeling, Herlev Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev. maber@heh.regionh.dk.
authors: Faranak Sarmady
authors: FS
authors: Nezame
authors: Anders
authors: A
authors: Krarup-Hansen
authors: Magnus
authors: M
authors: Bergenfeldt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery