Retroperitoneal liposarcoma: Case of a giant tumour inside the abdomen

• Published in: JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 172 - 174
• Main Authors: Khan, Shahzaib, Zafar, Areeb, Lakhani, Murk, Baig, Arsalan, Hassan, Ali, Khan, Owais
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2024
• ISSN: 0030-9982
• DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.9644

Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are rare malignant tumours that often grow rapidly in size and become symptomatic lat e in t he disease course, posing diagnostic a nd therapeutic challenges. Although abdominal imaging can rel iab ly diagnose the tumour, definitive diagnosis is only p ossib le th rough bio psy af ter surgical excision , w hich remains the primary treatment modality for these tumours. Long- term sur v ival is p rimarily determ ined throu gh histologic grade and post-resection tumour margins. We report t he case of a 43-year-o ld male patient, see n at Dr Ruth KM Pfau Hospital Karachi, who under went successful surgical excision for a well-differentiated retroperitoneal liposarcoma an d had no rad io gr aphic evidence o f local recurrence at both 3 and 12-month follow-ups.