Primary Orbital Liposarcoma: Histopathologic Report of Two Cases

Liposarcoma is a malignant tumor of adipose tissue. Considered the most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults, orbital liposarcoma is extremely rare. Most cases of orbital liposarcoma are primary and rarely metastatic. We report two cases of primary orbital liposarcoma with clinical presentation, rad...

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Autores principales: Al-Qahtani, Abdullah Aoun, Al-Hussain, Hailah, Chaudhry, Imtiaz, El-Khamary, Sahar, Alkatan, Hind M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22224022
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.90135
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author Al-Qahtani, Abdullah Aoun
Al-Hussain, Hailah
Chaudhry, Imtiaz
El-Khamary, Sahar
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description Liposarcoma is a malignant tumor of adipose tissue. Considered the most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults, orbital liposarcoma is extremely rare. Most cases of orbital liposarcoma are primary and rarely metastatic. We report two cases of primary orbital liposarcoma with clinical presentation, radiologic studies (available for one case), and detailed histopathologic features. A brief review of primary orbital liposarcoma is also presented.
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spelling pubmed-32498192012-01-05 Primary Orbital Liposarcoma: Histopathologic Report of Two Cases Al-Qahtani, Abdullah Aoun Al-Hussain, Hailah Chaudhry, Imtiaz El-Khamary, Sahar Alkatan, Hind M. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report Liposarcoma is a malignant tumor of adipose tissue. Considered the most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults, orbital liposarcoma is extremely rare. Most cases of orbital liposarcoma are primary and rarely metastatic. We report two cases of primary orbital liposarcoma with clinical presentation, radiologic studies (available for one case), and detailed histopathologic features. A brief review of primary orbital liposarcoma is also presented. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3249819/ /pubmed/22224022 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.90135 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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