title: Giant atypical lipomatous tumor/well-differentiated liposarcoma of the neck.
abstract: Liposarcoma of the head and neck represents approximately 1% of head and neck sarcomas. Atypical lipomatous tumor/well-differentiated liposarcoma rarely occurs in the neck. The size of the neck liposarcomas rarely exceeds 10 cm during presentation. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for liposarcomas. We report a very unusual size, which has not been reported to our knowledge, of an atypical lipomatous tumor of the neck, reaching a size of 25 × 22 cm. The patient underwent complete resection of the lesion without morbidity. Three months after the surgery, the patient is free of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kecioren Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buluş
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Günbey
authors.forename: Gülçin Güler
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Simşek
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.forename: Barş
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morkavuk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed