Surgical Treatment of a Giant Liposarcoma in a Japanese Man

We report a case of a rapidly progressing giant retroperitoneal liposarcoma weighing 22 kg in a 41-year-old Japanese man, successfully treated with surgical excision. To our knowledge, this is the largest liposarcoma in the Japanese population reported in the literature.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Shingo Hatakeyama, Tokushi Tachiwada, Takahiro Yoneyama, Takuya Koie, Noritaka Kamimura, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kenichi Hakamada, Chikara Ohyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Urology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/943073