Diseases (Jul 2025)

Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Thigh in Early Puerperium—Rare Case Report and Narrative Review

  • Tomasz Machałowski,
  • Piotr Gutowski,
  • Edyta Zagrodnik,
  • Aleksandra Godlewska,
  • Katarzyna Śmieja,
  • Oliwia Kawałek,
  • Anna Grzymała-Figura,
  • Sylwester Michał Ciećwież,
  • Katarzyna Gross-Kępińska,
  • Małgorzata Szczuko,
  • Maciej Ziętek

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases13070220
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 7
p. 220

Abstract

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Background: Liposarcoma (LPS) is a rare malignant tumor, but it is also one of the most common adult soft-tissue sarcomas. Myxoid liposarcoma (MLPS) accounts for 30% of all LPS cases. Diagnosis during pregnancy and the puerperium is very rarely reported, and only a few cases have been reported in the thigh. Case presentation: We report the case of a 36-year-old female patient on the 11th day of the puerperium after a cesarean section. The patient presented to the gynecology ward owing to the sudden appearance of a tumor in the medial part of her right thigh. The lesion was non-painful, mobile, soft, approximately 20 cm in diameter, and protruded above the level of the rest of the thigh surface. A suspicion of hematoma was raised. The final diagnosis was high-grade MLPS. Conclusions: An MLPS diagnosis is uncommon in female patients and even rarer during pregnancy. This case represents a novel occurrence, as the first instance in which symptoms manifested during the puerperium. Proper treatment and early detection could improve disease outcomes.

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