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Liposarcoma of the chest wall. Transformation of dedifferentiated liposarcoma from a recurrent lipoma.

[dedifferentiated liposarcoma]

Liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma after malignant fibrous histiocytoma in adults. It is frequently found in the extremities and retroperitoneum; rarely it can be seen in the chest wall. We report a rare case of giant liposarcoma originating from the chest wall representing a transformation of a relapsing lipoma in the same region. We performed chest wall resection, reconstruction with latissimus dorsi muscle transposition via posterolateral thoracotomy. The patient received 4 series of adjuvant chemotherapy after the postoperative diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma. The patient had no postoperative complication and has remained disease-free for 30 months.

Diseases presenting "sarcoma" symptom

  • alpha-thalassemia
  • carcinoma of the gallbladder
  • cutaneous mastocytosis
  • dedifferentiated liposarcoma
  • dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
  • erdheim-chester disease
  • esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • focal myositis
  • hodgkin lymphoma, classical
  • liposarcoma
  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • malignant atrophic papulosis
  • pleomorphic liposarcoma
  • primary effusion lymphoma
  • severe combined immunodeficiency
  • waldenström macroglobulinemia
  • well-differentiated liposarcoma

This symptom has already been validated