title: Huge liposarcoma of the left retroperitoneum.
abstract: Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft-tissue sarcomas. Unless it grows to massive proportions, it rarely causes symptoms. A 64-year-old man presented with weight loss, asthenia, and increasing abdominal girth caused by a large liposarcoma in the left retroperitoneum. Despite resection with sarcoma-free margins and intensive follow-up evaluation, he died of a tumor recurrence 2 years later. Complete surgical resection of the liposarcoma is the only curative option, but establishing a prognosis remains a challenge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. ruediger.goertz@uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Ruediger S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Goertz
authors.forename: Berthold H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lenfers
authors.forename: Guenter H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Goertz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery