Surgical Treatment of a Giant Liposarcoma in a Japanese Man

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.

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Main Authors: Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Shingo Hatakeyama, Tokushi Tachiwada, Takahiro Yoneyama, Takuya Koie, Noritaka Kamimura, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kenichi Hakamada, Chikara Ohyama
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Urology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/943073
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spelling doaj-art-e7b55c93acbe488abb9f2e821930a67c2025-08-20T03:21:02ZengWileyAdvances in Urology1687-63691687-63772010-01-01201010.1155/2010/943073943073Surgical Treatment of a Giant Liposarcoma in a Japanese ManYasuhiro Hashimoto0Shingo Hatakeyama1Tokushi Tachiwada2Takahiro Yoneyama3Takuya Koie4Noritaka Kamimura5Takeshi Yanagisawa6Kenichi Hakamada7Chikara Ohyama8Department of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanDepartment of Urology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, JapanWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/943073
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Surgical Treatment of a Giant Liposarcoma in a Japanese Man
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