Myxoid liposarcoma with unusual clinical presentation: imaging diagnosis and histopathologic correlation. A case report
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Liposarcoma, Liposarcoma, myxoid, Magnetic resonance imagingAbstract
Myxoid liposarcoma is the second most frequent malignant neoplasm of all types of liposarcoma, usually located in the lower limbs and retroperitoneum. It is characterized as a slow-growing, painless soft tissue mass that develops especially in the intermuscular and rarely intramuscular compartments and, depending on its cellularity, can become highly metastatic. Imaging diagnosis and its histopathological correlation is essential to provide timely treatment; however, this can become a great challenge due to the lack of specificity of its findings in first line imaging studies that are generally available in hospitals up to second level. This makes the need for more advanced studies essential, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where the role of the radiologist is
essential for the detection of subtle but pathognomonic findings of this pathology. We present the case of a young adult patient with an unusual presentation of a myxoid liposarcoma who presents with pain and mass at the level of the right buttock; her imaging studies are performed
and analyzed and correlated with histopathological findings.
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