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Primary pleural liposarcoma, pleomorphic variant
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Carrillo B, Jorge Alberto
Navarrete, Constanza
López Arias, María Alejandra
Peláez, Mauricio
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2014
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Pioneer Bioscience Publishing
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Abstract
Primary pleural liposarcoma (PPL) is a rare tumor derived from primitive mesenchymal tissue. We report a case of a 49-year-old female patient complaining of thoracic pain and dyspnea for 3 months. The chest X-ray showed a left basal opacity of lobulated contours and the thoracic computer tomography (CT) scan revealed a left pleural collection/mass, of 18 HU density and passive pulmonary atelectasis. The patient was taken to surgery and the cytologic examination of the gelatinous mass found in the procedure confirmed the diagnosis of a pleomorphic variant of pleural liposarcoma. We emphasise in the importance of careful inspection of the origin of the tumor in the diagnostic images to allow accurate diagnosis. © Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company.
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Adult , Article , Atelectasis , Cancer classification , Cancer recurrence , Case report , Clinical feature , Computer assisted tomography , Contrast enhancement , Disease duration , Dyspnea , Female , Histopathology , Human , Human tissue , Liposarcoma , Lung surgery , Middle aged , Pleomorphic variant , Pleura cancer , Primary pleural liposarcoma , Thorax pain , Thorax radiography , Pleomorphic variant , Pleural neoplasms , Primary pleural liposarcoma (ppl) , Thoracic computer tomography
