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Case No : 756 Date 2012-04-23

  • Courtesy of Eun Young Kim, MD. / Gachon University Gil Hospital
  • Age/Sex 44 / M
  • Chief Complaintdysphagia for several weeks
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Figure 1

Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Liposarcoma of the Esophagus (well differentiated)
Radiologic Findings
Brief Review
Although esophageal liposarcoma is an extremely rare tumor, liposarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults. Most common location is lower extremity and retroperitoneum, and other sites have been reported such as themediastinum and head and neck.
Liposarcoma rarely arises in the gastrointestinal tract and the incidence of gastrointestinal tract involvement is 0.1% to 5.8% at autopsy and esophagus is the least common location (1.2% to 1.5% of all gastrointestinal lipoma).
Liposarcoma is currently classified into the types of well-differentiated, myxoid,round cell, pleomorphic and dedifferentiated liposarcoma.
References
1. Hasanabadi MS, Amiri M, Tajedini A, et al.Huge myxoid liposarcoma of the esophagus: a case report. Acta Med Iran. 2011;49(2):118-121
2. Garcia M, Buitrago E, Bejarano PA, Casillas J. Large esophageal liposarcoma: a case report and review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2004;128(8):922-5.
Keywords
esophagus, malignant tumor,

No. of Applicants : 109

▶ Correct Answer : 9/109,  8.3%
  • - Kurashiki Seijin-byo Center , Japan Akihiro Tada
  • - Goa Medical College , India Paresh Desai
  • - Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital , Japan Yuichiro Kanie
  • - MUHC , Canada Nesreen Abourokbah
  • - Kyung Hee Universitiy Hospital at Gangdong , Korea (South) Seong Jong Yun
  • - All India Institute of medical sciences , India Justin Moses
  • - Seoul National University Hospital , Korea (South) TAEHO KIM
  • - Private sector , Greece Vasilios Tzilas
  • - Saga University , Japan Ryoko Egashira
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 29/109,  26.6%
  • - University of British Columbia , Canada Amr Ajlan
  • - fmmc , India subas kandimalla
  • - Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Hospital, Ankara , Turkey Meric Tuzun
  • - Hanam sungshim hospital , Korea (South) CHANG IL KIM
  • - UWO , Canada S Lee
  • - Saint Malo , France jean-baptiste Noel
  • - Korea university , Korea (South) Kun Woo Kang
  • - Kyungpook National University Hospital , Korea (South) Jaekwang Lim
  • - Seoul National University Hospital , Korea (South) YongSub Song
  • - clinique de SAVOIE , France, Metropolitan gay-depassier philippe
  • - Onomichi municipal hospital , Japan Hirofumi Mifune
  • - XiangYa hospital , China Xia Yu
  • - China Medical University ,Taiwan,R.O.C. , Taiwan Jun Jun Yeh
  • - SAISEIKAI KURIHASHI HOSPITAL , Japan YASUO OOKUBO
  • - Hanyang University Hospital , Korea (South) Yo Won Choi
  • - Asan Medical Center , Korea (South) Sang Min Lee
  • - Asan Medical Center , Korea (South) Ji Eun Kim
  • - Asan Medical Center , Korea (South) Hye Jeon Hwang
  • - Asan medical center , Korea (South) Hyun Joo Lee
  • - Asan medical center , Korea (South) Sang Young Oh
  • - Kizawa Memorial Hospital , Japan Yo Kaneko
  • - Radnet Teleradiology Istanbul , Turkey Armagan Sarac
  • - chp st martin , France Mariotte benoit
  • - IRCCS Istituto Oncologico - Bari , Italy Carlo Florio
  • - chungbuk national university hospital , Korea (South) soojung lee
  • - Okayama university , Japan Mayu Uka
  • - Chonnam national university hospital , Korea (South) seo yeon Park
  • - Chonnam National University Hospital , Korea (South) So yeon Ki
  • - Chonnam university hospital , Korea (South) Jang mi Baek
▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 50/109,  45.9%
  • - Montreal , Canada Drago Le King
  • - jaslok hospital & research centre mumbai , India JAINENDRA JAIN
  • - Yokohama-asahi-chuo-general hospital , Japan Kyoko Nagai
  • - GM InHospital , Korea (South) Ju Won Lee
  • - Vitalife Clinics , Pune , India. , India Rahul Deshmukh
  • - Hangang sacred heart hospital , Korea (South) You Mie Han
  • - Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University , Korea (South) Mi Young Kim
  • - Deptt of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, PGIMER chandigarh , India Ram Galwa
  • - Teikyo Mizonokuchi Hospital , Japan Takana Yamakawa
  • - SMC , Korea (South) Jihoon Cha
  • - SMC , Korea (South) Yi Kyung Kim
  • - Seoul Soonchunhyang Univ Hospital , Korea (South) Seo-youn Choi
  • - Samsung medical center , Korea (South) Hyun Su Kim
  • - Bollineni Superspeciality Hospital , India Devendra Rahangdale
  • - Scans world , India Philson Mukkada
  • - MANIPAL UNIVERSITY , India ABHILASHA JAURA
  • - Dana hospital , Korea (South) Sanghee Lee
  • - Sunchun university hospital, Bucheon , Korea (South) So Young Bae
  • - McGill University Health Center , Canada Alexandre Semionov
  • - korea university , Korea (South) Hyelarn Lee
  • - Hospital do Servidor Publico Estadual , Brazil Fernanda Vergilio
  • - Kohka Public Hospital , Japan Akitoshi Inoue
  • - kmc manipal , India sangeetha srinivasan
  • - SNUH , Korea (South) Euijin Hwang
  • - Travancore Medical College , India Chary D
  • - NATIONAL GUARD HEALTH SERVICES , Saudi Arabia MOHAMED AHAMED
  • - , Korea (South) Seung Soo Kim
  • - Government Medical College, Nagpur, India , India Krishna Prasad Bellam
  • - government medical college, nagpur , India rakhi ppuria
  • - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology , United States Naganathan Mani
  • - CHU Poitiers , France CHAN paul
  • - Iwate Medical University , Japan Akio Akahane
  • - Seoul National University Hospital , Korea (South) Hyun-Ju Lee
  • - Myongji hospital , Korea (South) Ji Ye Lee
  • - royal melbourne hospital , Australia kimchi kings
  • - IRSA La Rochelle France , France Denis Chabassiere
  • - Beaulieu clinic Geneva , Switzerland gilles GENIN
  • - Homs National Hospital , Syria Rami Abou Zalaf
  • - Suncheon Plus Medicine , Korea (South) Park Sang Hyun
  • - IRSA , France, Metropolitan BIGOT
  • - Toyama University Hospital, Laboratory of Pathology , Japan TOMONORI TANAKA
  • - CLCC , France nicolas gautier
  • - Alswaida- zaid alsherity hospital , Syria jehad alakabani
  • - NASA SCANS , India RAKESH BHATIA
  • - Chonnam university hospital , Korea (South) Park young
  • - Fukuyama city hospital , Japan Ryotaro Kishi
  • - CHU Saint Pierre , Belgium Abd Alla Fares
  • - HUEC , Brazil Diogo Pinheiro
  • - Bupyong Serim Hospital , Korea (South) Hee Seok Choi
  • - KUMC ansan , Korea (South) kihwan kim
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