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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.186
Giant liposarcoma in hemithorax
Mertol Gökçe1, Özkan Saydam1, Remzi Altın2, Gamze Yurdakan3
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
2Department of Thoracic Disease, Medical Faculty of Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
3Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.186
A 57-year-old female with obesity was admitted to the
emergency service with the complaint of severe dyspnea
and chest pain. Chest X-ray showed opacity occupying
left hemithorax completely and the right mediastinal shift.
Thoracic computed tomography indicated a heterogeneous
density of a giant mass in the left hemithorax and right
mediastinal shift. Complete surgical resection of the
liposarcoma was performed. The pathological examination
following surgery suggested pleural liposarcoma. In this
article, treatment of pleural liposarcoma was discussed in
the light of literature review.
Keywords : Giant mass; pleural liposarcoma; surgical resection
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