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Giant paratesticular liposarcoma with lung metastases: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Due to its rarity, little is known about the clinical presentations and responses to systemic chemotherapies in advanced and/or metastatic cases of paratesticular liposarcoma. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 75-year-old Japanese man with giant paratesticular liposarcoma....

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Autores principales: Noguchi, Takuro, Fukushima, Toshirou, Hara, Hiroaki, Sekiguchi, Nodoka, Kobayashi, Takashi, Ozawa, Takesumi, Gomi, Daisuke, Koizumi, Tomonobu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32611426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02420-x
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Due to its rarity, little is known about the clinical presentations and responses to systemic chemotherapies in advanced and/or metastatic cases of paratesticular liposarcoma. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 75-year-old Japanese man with giant paratesticular liposarcoma. Imaging studies revealed a 26 cm tumor in his right scrotum and lung metastases at presentation. He underwent radical orchiectomy followed by systemic chemotherapies. Pathological findings of the resected primary tumor confirmed a dedifferentiated liposarcoma. He then started chemotherapy treatment with gemcitabine plus docetaxel. His disease status was stable for 1 year. Eribulin was used for second-line chemotherapy. He had a relapse at 5 months after eliburin and died at 22 months after diagnosis. CONCLUSION: Early diagnosis and curative radical surgery are important for treatment of paratesticular liposarcoma. However, a giant paratesticular liposarcoma could cause metastases, and systemic chemotherapy may be helpful for prolonging survival in patients with metastatic paratesticular liposarcoma.