Successful resection of a giant thoracic myxoid liposarcoma.

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

4 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sarawak General Hospital Heart Centre, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Published: June 2018

Primary liposarcoma is an extremely rare disease. We report a case of giant thoracic myxoid liposarcoma that occupied the whole left hemithorax and was successfully resected. We discuss the surgical considerations and difficulties encountered, and how we overcome these challenges. This is the third largest thoracic myxoid liposarcoma resection reported, weighing 4 kg.

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