Liposarcoma of the Cecum

Liposarcoma of the digestive tract is very rare; only a few cases of liposar­ coma of the stomach have been reported so far. In this article a 29-year-old woman is presented with a history of long-stand­ ing mid-abdominal pain and various treatments for anemia and peptic ulcer dis­ ease which did not improve her symptoms; until a barium-enema revealed a fill­ ing defect in the cecum. Under laparotomy a lobulated lipoma-like tumor with yellowish color was seen which measured 3x4cm. A right hemicolectomy was performed. The pathology reported a liposarcoma of the cecum with no mesen­ teric lymph node involvement. The patient is free of disease 1.5 years after sur­ gery. As far as we know, this is the first reported case of liposarcoma of the large bowel in the world. MJIRI, Vol. 16, No.4, 235-237, 2003.