Liposarcoma

Reports from University of Messina highlight recent research in liposarcoma

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 16th, 2010

According to recent research from Messina, Italy, "A 58-yr-old woman was referred to our hospital for hematuria and a painless, rapidly growing abdominal mass. Computed tomography showed a rounded mass, 23 x 19 cm in diameter, spread over the left retroperitoneal space."

"A thrombus was observed occupying the left renal vein until the vena cava. Total left nephrectomy with excision of the retroperitoneal mass was carried out. A cavotomy highlighted the intraluminal thrombus, which was easily detached with a forced Valsalva maneuver. The pathologic examination demonstrated a well-differentiated liposarcoma of the renal capsule with fat thrombus in the vena cava," wrote...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-02-16)

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