[Retroperitoneal giant mixed sarcoma. Case report].
The Authors present a rare case of voluminous retroperitoneal tumor in a 41 years old woman. CT scan showed a solid abdominal expansive mass, with compression and displacement of the left lobe of the liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas, and left kidney. The patient underwent surgery for excision of a giant retroperitoneal mass. Surgery was uneventful. The patients recovered well. Histology showed a mixed liposarcoma and angiosarcoma with high grade of malignancy and positivity for vimentin, factor VIII, CD34, CD31 and negativity for S-100, CD68, AMS, AML. The prognosis of these tumours is closely related to local recurrence, histological type, size and radical surgery. A low-grade malignancy tumor, small sized and completely resected leads to a good prognosis. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy do not seem to have a strong influence on the prognosis. An aggressive surgical approach is the first choice for the treatment of such tumors. The resection of adjacent organs may be required for radical surgery.
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Italy.
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Di Matteo
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De Stefano
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Vanni
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Palermo
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Biancafarina
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Giusti
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Savino
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Di Marco
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Casalvieri
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De Antoni
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome