Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Upper Thoracic Spine in an Elderly Patient
| Autor: | Alexandros Nomikos, Aristedis Rovlias, Alexia Balanika, Savas Melissaris |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Thoracic spine medicine.medical_treatment Case Report Liposarcoma 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging lcsh:RC321-571 Upper thoracic spine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine myxoid liposarcoma neoplasms lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Myxoid liposarcoma thoracic spine business.industry General Neuroscience medicine.disease primary spinal tumors Surgery Radiation therapy body regions liposarcoma Spinal decompression Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, Vol 08, Pp S120-S122 (2017) Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice |
| ISSN: | 0976-3155 0976-3147 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_99_17 |
| Popis: | Liposarcoma, one of the most common soft-tissue sarcomas, originates from primitive mesenchymal cells, and its diagnostic criteria have been well established. Myxoid liposarcoma is the second most common histological subtype, occurring more frequently during the fourth and fifth decades of life. There are only a few sporadic published cases of spinal liposarcomas, whatever primary or metastatic. We describe an unusual case of primary myxoid liposarcoma of the thoracic spine in a 79-year-old male, presented with a 2-month history of intractable dorsal pain and progressive weakness of lower limbs. Surgical treatment was performed with wide tumor resection, spinal cord decompression, and posterior instrumentation complemented by radiotherapy. Only one other case has been reported with this spinal localization in the literature. Despite its rarity, myxoid liposarcoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of primary tumors of the thoracic spine. |
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