Surgical resection of a giant primary liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum

This case describes the incidental finding and surgical removal of an 1.8-kg liposarcoma in the anterior mediastinum. These tumors are very rare and would normally present with symptoms of intrathoracic compression; however, this patient was completely asymptomatic. The case presentation and treatme...

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Autores principales: Mani, Vishnu R., Ofikwu, Godwin, Safavi, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26410831
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv126
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author Mani, Vishnu R.
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description This case describes the incidental finding and surgical removal of an 1.8-kg liposarcoma in the anterior mediastinum. These tumors are very rare and would normally present with symptoms of intrathoracic compression; however, this patient was completely asymptomatic. The case presentation and treatment rationale are described along with a brief review of existing literature.
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spelling pubmed-45836082015-09-28 Surgical resection of a giant primary liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum Mani, Vishnu R. Ofikwu, Godwin Safavi, Ali J Surg Case Rep Case Reports This case describes the incidental finding and surgical removal of an 1.8-kg liposarcoma in the anterior mediastinum. These tumors are very rare and would normally present with symptoms of intrathoracic compression; however, this patient was completely asymptomatic. The case presentation and treatment rationale are described along with a brief review of existing literature. Oxford University Press 2015-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4583608/ /pubmed/26410831 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv126 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_fullStr Surgical resection of a giant primary liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum
title_full_unstemmed Surgical resection of a giant primary liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum
title_short Surgical resection of a giant primary liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum
title_sort surgical resection of a giant primary liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26410831
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv126
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