Advances in Urology (Jan 2010)

Surgical Treatment of a Giant Liposarcoma in a Japanese Man

  • Yasuhiro Hashimoto,
  • Shingo Hatakeyama,
  • Tokushi Tachiwada,
  • Takahiro Yoneyama,
  • Takuya Koie,
  • Noritaka Kamimura,
  • Takeshi Yanagisawa,
  • Kenichi Hakamada,
  • Chikara Ohyama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/943073
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2010

Abstract

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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.