Abstract

DELGADO QUINONES, Alberto et al. Thigh myxoid liposarcoma. Case presentation. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2014, vol.36, n.5, pp.637-645. ISSN 1684-1824.

Myxoid liposarcoma is a few frequent connective tissue tumor of great malignancy. We present the clinical case of a black female patient aged 65 years who assisted the consultation with clinical features of pain and volume increase of the right thigh after three months of receiving a trauma in that area.  The initial diagnosis was a thigh hematoma, but there was not an improvement of symptoms. After several studies we arrived to the conclusion that the patient had a great size malignant tumor. This lesion answered well to the surgical procedure consisting in an excerpting surgery, with a security oncologic margin, with a minimum of 2 cm of healthy tissue in block resection. There it was not a relapse of the tumor due to this procedure and the help of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Keywords : myxoid liposarcoma; surgical treatment.

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