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Recurrence of paratesticular liposarcoma: a case report and review of the literature

Paratesticular liposarcomas are rare tumors that typically affect adult. Diagnosis is very difficult and inadequate surgical excision leads to a high rate of recurrence. We report a case of local recurrence of paratesticular liposarcoma diagnosed six months following surgery. Since there is low resp...

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Autores principales: Gabriele, Raimondo, Ferrara, Giuseppe, Tarallo, Maria Rita, Giordano, Alessio, De Gori, Antonietta, Izzo, Luciano, Conte, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4168198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25175606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-276
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Sumario:Paratesticular liposarcomas are rare tumors that typically affect adult. Diagnosis is very difficult and inadequate surgical excision leads to a high rate of recurrence. We report a case of local recurrence of paratesticular liposarcoma diagnosed six months following surgery. Since there is low response to adjuvant treatments, extensive surgery remains the only curative approach, as shown by the case described here and the following review of the literature.