Discussion
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,