Progressive dyspnea in patient with large mediastinal mass.

[well-differentiated liposarcoma]

Liposarcoma occurs very rarely in the mediastinum . Patients often remain asymptomatic until it grows large enough to cause direct invasion or compression of adjacent organs . We report a case of a 77 -year -old male presented with dyspnea of exertion and was found to have a large mediastinal mass which was eventually diagnosed as primary mediastinal well-differentiated liposarcoma . The limited respiratory function at the initial presentation prompted phrenic nerve preserving incomplete resection rather than radical removal of the adjacent mediastinal structures . After surgical removal , the recurrence for well-differentiated mediastinal liposarcomas in the mediastinum is unknown ; therefore , close follow-up is crucial .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "dyspnea" symptom

acute rheumatic fever

allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

carcinoma of the gallbladder

congenital diaphragmatic hernia

cushing syndrome

cutaneous mastocytosis

dedifferentiated liposarcoma

erdheim-chester disease

esophageal carcinoma

fabry disease

familial mediterranean fever

inclusion body myositis

liposarcoma

lymphangioleiomyomatosis

neuralgic amyotrophy

pleomorphic liposarcoma

primary effusion lymphoma

scrub typhus

systemic capillary leak syndrome

thoracic outlet syndrome

well-differentiated liposarcoma

This symptom has already been validated