Background: Dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLS) has a worse prognosis and occurs most commonly in the retroperitoneal region and rarely in the intraperitoneal region. Histological diagnosis was revolutionized by the combined contributions of histo-immuno-chemistry and molecular biology. Aside from surgery, there is no consensus on the optimal treatment for this chemoresistant cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Gossypiboma or retained surgical sponge is a rare but serious complication of abdominal surgery. Clinical and radiological polymorphism of gossypiboma makes an accurate preoperative diagnosis difficult.
Presentation Of Case: We report an unusual case of a transmural migration of a gossypiboma in the right colon responsible for a mass which mimicked an abscessed colonic tumor, three years after an open myomectomy.