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ReviewInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2026

Primary Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma of the Duodenum with Intestinal Bleeding: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Yuki Noguchi, Kazumichi Abe, Hidemichi Imamura, Takeaki Hashimoto, Shinji Mukai, Hiromasa Ohira

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Review in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yuki NoguchiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ohta General Hospital Foundation Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Japan.
Kazumichi AbeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
Hidemichi ImamuraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ohta General Hospital Foundation Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Japan.
Takeaki HashimotoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ohta General Hospital Foundation Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Japan.
Shinji MukaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ohta General Hospital Foundation Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Japan.
Hiromasa OhiraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman presented with syncope and gastrointestinal bleeding. Imaging revealed a 7-cm duodenal mass with mesenteric and pancreatic involvement. An endoscopic biopsy confirmed dedifferentiated liposarcoma. She received palliative radiotherapy to control bleeding, followed by eribulin-based chemotherapy, which temporarily shrank the tumor and allowed discontinuation of parenteral nutrition. Additional radiotherapy did not prevent disease progression, and chemotherapy was discontinued. The patient died nine months after the diagnosis. This rare case highlights the challenges of managing unresectable primary duodenal dedifferentiated liposarcoma but suggests that radiotherapy and systemic therapy can provide temporary control and symptom relief.

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Duodenal NeoplasmsGastrointestinal HemorrhageLiposarcomaFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansMiddle Agedchemotherapydedifferentiated liposarcomaintestinal bleedingradiotherapysoft tissue sarcoma

Identifiers

PMID40571619
PMCPMC12900585

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