Primary pleural liposarcoma, pleomorphic variant

Primary pleural liposarcoma (PPL) is a rare tumor derived from primitive mesenchymal tissue. We report a case of a 49-year-old female patient complaining of thoracic pain and dyspnea for 3 months. The chest X-ray showed a left basal opacity of lobulated contours and the thoracic computer tomography (CT) scan revealed a left pleural collection/mass, of 18 HU density and passive pulmonary atelectasis. The patient was taken to surgery and the cytologic examination of the gelatinous mass found in the procedure confirmed the diagnosis of a pleomorphic variant of pleural liposarcoma. We emphasise in the importance of careful inspection of the origin of the tumor in the diagnostic images to allow accurate diagnosis. © Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company.

• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/22482
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.07.30; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22482
• Palabra clave: Adult; Article; Atelectasis; Cancer classification; Cancer recurrence; Case report; Clinical feature; Computer assisted tomography; Contrast enhancement; Disease duration; Dyspnea; Female; Histopathology; Human; Human tissue; Liposarcoma; Lung surgery; Middle aged; Pleomorphic variant; Pleura cancer; Primary pleural liposarcoma; Thorax pain; Thorax radiography; Pleomorphic variant; Pleural neoplasms; Primary pleural liposarcoma (ppl); Thoracic computer tomography
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