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Liposarcoom, een toevallige vondst bij een patiënt met een darmobstructie

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Liposarcoma, a fortuitous finding ina patient with a bowel obstructionA 77-year-old patient was admitted to theemergency department with symptoms compatiblewith a bowel obstruction. Imaging visualizeda voluminous, fat-containing mass in theretroperitoneum. The entire right hemiabdomenwas taken by the tumor and had a pronouncedmass effect on the intra-abdominal organs.Diagnostic exploration revealed that the bowelobstruction was caused by a terminal ileitis/caecitiswith a covered perforation. A treatmentwith antibiotics was followed by extensivedebulking of the tumoral process.Anatomopathological and cytogeneticexamination revealed a well-differentiated liposarcoma
Journal: Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
ISSN: 0371-683X
Issue: 16
Volume: 71
Pages: 1054 - 1057