title: Delayed diagnosis of abdominal mass due to morbid obesity.
abstract: Obesity has become an increasing problem in developed countries. Obesity is associated with many of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality, including diabetes mellitus, coronary artery diseases, sleep apnoea, and many types of cancers. Not only is morbid obesity associated to a greater extent to the many medical problems related to obesity, but the body habitus of a morbidly obese patient causes limitation to physical examination, radiologic evaluations, and therapeutic interventions that can delay diagnosis and treatment of the patient. We present a case of a morbidly obese patient whose diagnosis of liposarcoma was delayed for over a year as his obesity hindered proper diagnosis and medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Section of Hematology Oncology, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. binay.shah@gmail.com
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Valdez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rondelli
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D010808:Physical Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome