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ArticleAutopsy & case reports2021

Retroperitoneal liposarcoma in a nonagenarian.

King Tung Cheung, Catherine Mitchell, Enoch Wong

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Article in Autopsy & case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

King Tung CheungMonash University, Eastern Health Clinical School, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7661-6256
Catherine MitchellPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Department of Pathology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5596-9511
Enoch WongMonash University, Eastern Health Clinical School, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2983-4768
Eastern Health · AUMonash University · AUPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retroperitoneal liposarcomas are rare tumors arising from the soft tissue of the retroperitoneum and are of mesenchymal cell origin. They can reach a large size prior to causing symptoms and generally have a poor prognosis. We present the case of a 93-year-old lady presenting with a large retroperitoneal liposarcoma at the site of a previous colonic anastomosis for the adenocarcinoma treatment. It caused minimal symptoms initially, but surgical resection was undertaken when the tumor was found to be growing significantly in size. However, due to the tumor's location and its invasion into surrounding structures, the resection was not feasible and subsequently abandoned. A retroperitoneal liposarcoma arising from the site of a previous colonic resection has not been previously described. A review of the diagnosis and current management of these lesions is also given.

Indexed as

AgedColonic NeoplamsColorectal SurgeryRetroperitoneal neoplasmsSarcoma

Identifiers

PMID34277489
PMCPMC8101656
OpenAlexW3111769487

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