Primary liposarcoma of the pericardium.

PRIMARY LIPOSARCOMA OF THE STOMACH: A RARE MESENCHYMAL TUMOR

Gastric liposarcoma is very rare such that only a few cases have been reported to date. We present a case of a 62 - year - old diabetic man who presented with epigastric pain, vomiting, constipation and melena. The physical examination was unremarkable. By computed tomography (CT), a large mass with low attenuation value was seen in the left abdominal cavity. Histologic examination of a ga...

Primary mesothelioma of the pericardium.

Primary Mesothelioma of the Pericardium

A PATIENT with a pericardial effusion may frequently present a diagnostic problem. A primary malignancy of the heart or pericardium is one of the rare causes of such an effusion. Lymburner1 at the Mayo Clinic reported an incidence of .05 per cent in 8,500 consecutive autopsies. Mesotheliomas compose only a small percentage of the primary tumors of the heart and pericardium. Dawe, Wood, and Mitc...

Primary Liposarcoma of the Mediastinum

Patient. A 62-year-old man presented with effort dyspnea, non-productive cough and weakness of 4 month duration. He had no findings on physical examination.Discussion. Chest X-ray revealed a large mass in the left anterior mediastinum. Computerized tomography of the chest showed a well-delineated homogeneous mediastinal mass with fat-equivalent density and a small pleural effusion. Fiberoptic b...

Primary liposarcoma of the omentum.

This report is of a 54 year old female with omental liposarcoma. Diagnosis was made by ultrasonography, computed tomography, angiography and operation. The patient was treated by surgical excision. The histological examination revealed that the tumour was round cell liposarcoma. This is the first report to our knowledge of round cell liposarcoma of the omentum.