Myxoid esophageal liposarcoma: A case report of a rare tumor

INTRODUCTION: Esophageal liposarcoma represent a rare cause of esophageal tumor. According to the literature, since the first case reported in 1983, only 42 cases of esophageal liposarcoma were reported. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We present a case of liposarcoma in the lower oesophagus treated by surgic...

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Autores principales: Ben Safta, Y., Souai, F., Maatouk, M., Zehani, A., Mabrouk, A., Daldoul, S., Sayari, S., Haout, K., Ben Moussa, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6580014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31207528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.04.001
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Esophageal liposarcoma represent a rare cause of esophageal tumor. According to the literature, since the first case reported in 1983, only 42 cases of esophageal liposarcoma were reported. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We present a case of liposarcoma in the lower oesophagus treated by surgical resection. DISCUSSION: Liposarcoma in the oesophagus gastrointestinal tract is an uncommon. An analysis of the literature reports 42 cases.In many cases the diagnosis was established in postoperative period.Surgery is the standard treatment including polypectomy, total or subtotal oesophagectomy. CONCLUSION: There is no conventional treatment of this pathology. The curative treatment requires surgical resection or endoscopic approach for selected tumor.

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