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- - Liposarcoma attached to the mesentery is very rare and often hard to properly diagnose, as seen in a 70-year-old woman who had a mass in her right lower abdomen.
- - After surgery to remove the mass, she was found to have dedifferentiated liposarcoma originating from the transverse colon and began chemotherapy.
- - Diagnosing this type of cancer based solely on imaging is difficult, so surgery can help; additionally, genetic testing was done since new treatments for dedifferentiated liposarcoma are being researched.
Article Abstract
Liposarcoma adherent to the mesentery is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose. A 70-year-old woman presented to the hospital with a right lower abdominal mass. After surgical resection, the patient was diagnosed with dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the transverse colon with a mesenteric origin, and chemotherapy was administered. Diagnosing dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the transverse mesocolon based on imaging findings alone is challenging. Surgical resection can aid diagnosis. Moreover, cancer-specific genetic testing was performed in this case because dedifferentiated liposarcoma is a disease for which novel therapeutic agents are expected to be developed.
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