Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report

Soft tissue sarcomas represent less than 1% of all human neoplasms. One-third of malignant tumors that arise in the retroperitoneum are sarcomas and liposarcoma is the most common retroperitoneal sarcoma. More often than not, patients report late to the hospital due to the slow progress and few late...

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Main Authors:	Shahaji, Chavan, Amit, Parasnis, Prashant, Punia, Sachin, Tekade
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3513723/

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spelling	pubmed-35137232012-12-07 Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report Shahaji, Chavan Amit, Parasnis Prashant, Punia Sachin, Tekade Case Report Soft tissue sarcomas represent less than 1% of all human neoplasms. One-third of malignant tumors that arise in the retroperitoneum are sarcomas and liposarcoma is the most common retroperitoneal sarcoma. More often than not, patients report late to the hospital due to the slow progress and few late symptoms. Thus, the tumor is known to grow to enormous sizes. Here, we report a case of giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma weighing more than 7 kgs. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3513723/ /pubmed/23227387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/869409 Text en Copyright © 2012 Chavan Shahaji et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Shahaji, Chavan Amit, Parasnis Prashant, Punia Sachin, Tekade
spellingShingle	Shahaji, Chavan Amit, Parasnis Prashant, Punia Sachin, Tekade Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report
author_facet	Shahaji, Chavan Amit, Parasnis Prashant, Punia Sachin, Tekade
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title	Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report
title_short	Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report
title_full	Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report
title_fullStr	Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed	Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report
title_sort	giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma: a case report
description	Soft tissue sarcomas represent less than 1% of all human neoplasms. One-third of malignant tumors that arise in the retroperitoneum are sarcomas and liposarcoma is the most common retroperitoneal sarcoma. More often than not, patients report late to the hospital due to the slow progress and few late symptoms. Thus, the tumor is known to grow to enormous sizes. Here, we report a case of giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma weighing more than 7 kgs.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate	2012
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3513723/
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Giant Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Case Report

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