Successful resection of a giant thoracic myxoid liposarcoma

Pui WC 1 , Ling WHY 2 , Najah M 3 , Soon SY 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 1 Department of General Surgery, Kapit Hospital, Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 2 2 Department of Oncology, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 3 3 Department of Pathology, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 4 4 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sarawak General Hospital Heart Centre, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann, 2018 Jun;26(5):410-412.
PMID: 29667901 DOI: 10.1177/0218492318772763

Abstract

Primary liposarcoma is an extremely rare disease. We report a case of giant thoracic myxoid liposarcoma that occupied the whole left hemithorax and was successfully resected. We discuss the surgical considerations and difficulties encountered, and how we overcome these challenges. This is the third largest thoracic myxoid liposarcoma resection reported, weighing 4 kg.

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