MESENTERIC LIPOSARCOMA : A CASE REPORT

Abstract

We report a case of a large liposarcoma arising from the small bowel mesentery. A 63-year-old man was referred to our outpatient clinic with the chief com- plaint of abdominal disterision in September 1995. The sense of the abdomirial distension had progressed gradually over the previous six years. Computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed the main component of the mass was fatty tissue. The clinical diagnosis was liposarcoma of unknown origin. Laparotomy showed that the yellow -white, encapsulated mass was found in the small bowel mesentery. The excised tumor was 7700g in weight. The histological diagnosis was well-differentiated liposarcoma. The flow cytometric DNA ploidy was aneuploidy. The patient received no adjuvant chemotherapy and has been followed up without local reccurrence or metastasis for one year.