Year: 2000
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We report an extremely rare case of primary liposarcoma of the greater omentum in a patient complaining of anemia and an abdominal tumor. A 78-year-old woman with anemia was seen at the hospital because of general fatigue, poor appetite and abdominal distension. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a large abdominal mass. CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging presented a large heterogenous tumor in the abdomen. Angiography revealed that the right gastroepiploic artery might be a main feeding artery of the tumor. The patient was diagnosed as having a sarcoma of the greater omentum and operated on. The tumor measuring 27×15cm situated on the greater omentum, neither invasion nor metastasis was seen to the adjacent organs. The histopathological examination concluded that the huge tumor of the greater omentum was liposarcoma, dedifferentiated type. Liposarcoma of the greater omentum is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. The patient is strictly followed up in the clinic, as of 11 months after the operation.
DOI: 10.3919/jjsa.61.1914
Authors: Satoshi INADA, Soya NUNOBE, Yasuhiko TANIOKA, Kenichiro HAMAGASHIRA, Masao KOBAYASHI, Shinpachiro NOMI
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2332854262