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Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient
Liposarcoma, one of the most common soft-tissue sarcomas, originates from primitive mesenchymal cells, and its diagnostic criteria have been well established. Myxoid liposarcoma is the second most common histological subtype, occurring more frequently during the fourth and fifth decades of life. The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28936087 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_99_17 |
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author | Rovlias, Aristedis Balanika, Alexia Nomikos, Alexandros Melissaris, Savas |
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description | Liposarcoma, one of the most common soft-tissue sarcomas, originates from primitive mesenchymal cells, and its diagnostic criteria have been well established. Myxoid liposarcoma is the second most common histological subtype, occurring more frequently during the fourth and fifth decades of life. There are only a few sporadic published cases of spinal liposarcomas, whatever primary or metastatic. We describe an unusual case of primary myxoid liposarcoma of the thoracic spine in a 79-year-old male, presented with a 2-month history of intractable dorsal pain and progressive weakness of lower limbs. Surgical treatment was performed with wide tumor resection, spinal cord decompression, and posterior instrumentation complemented by radiotherapy. Only one other case has been reported with this spinal localization in the literature. Despite its rarity, myxoid liposarcoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of primary tumors of the thoracic spine. |
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spelling | pubmed-56022362017-09-21 Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient Rovlias, Aristedis Balanika, Alexia Nomikos, Alexandros Melissaris, Savas J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Liposarcoma, one of the most common soft-tissue sarcomas, originates from primitive mesenchymal cells, and its diagnostic criteria have been well established. Myxoid liposarcoma is the second most common histological subtype, occurring more frequently during the fourth and fifth decades of life. There are only a few sporadic published cases of spinal liposarcomas, whatever primary or metastatic. We describe an unusual case of primary myxoid liposarcoma of the thoracic spine in a 79-year-old male, presented with a 2-month history of intractable dorsal pain and progressive weakness of lower limbs. Surgical treatment was performed with wide tumor resection, spinal cord decompression, and posterior instrumentation complemented by radiotherapy. Only one other case has been reported with this spinal localization in the literature. Despite its rarity, myxoid liposarcoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of primary tumors of the thoracic spine. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5602236/ /pubmed/28936087 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_99_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Rovlias, Aristedis Balanika, Alexia Nomikos, Alexandros Melissaris, Savas Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient |
title | Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient |
title_full | Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient |
title_fullStr | Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient |
title_short | Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient |
title_sort | primary myxoid liposarcoma of the upper thoracic spine in an elderly patient |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28936087 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_99_17 |
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