Medisur (Aug 2006)

Mixoid liposarcoma in abdominal wall. Case presentation

  • Cristina Ruesca Domínguez,
  • Yovanny Ferrer Lozano,
  • Juan Carlos Rodríguez,
  • Maria Elena Medina González

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 76 – 78

Abstract

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The case of a 22 year-old patient is presented, with antecedents of having been operated of subcutaneous lypoma in superior hemiabdomen, that goes to consultation worried by a considerable increase of volume, below the old scar. After carrying out physical exam, ultrasound, and on-line axial computarized tomography, it was decided to proceed to the excerecis whose result was a macroscopic block of solid tissue, yellowish and with abundant mucous secretion, confirmed as a myxoid lyposarcoma .

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