Benign Lipoid Neoplasm or Malignant Liposarcoma in Disguise? Diagnostic Dilemmas Pertaining to Lipomatous Neoplasms of the Retroperitoneum

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Long Jiahuan Xanicia Welras Jirui

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Long Jiahuan Xanicia
Ministry of Health Holdings, Singapore

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Retroperitoneal benign lipoid lesions are extremely rare, representing about 2.9% of all primary retroperitoneal tumors. Despite being of benign origin, they can have severe complications. We report a case of an elderly Chinese male presenting with urinary obstruction and lower limb deep vein thrombosis, with computer tomography findings of an extending pre-sacral retroperitoneal lesion. Histology and fluorescence in situ hybridization investigations confirmed that the lesion was of benign lipoid origin. Patient was offered surgical intervention which he declined in view of age.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Received: Mon 06, Dec 2021
Accepted: Sat 08, Jan 2022
Published: Thu 10, Feb 2022

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© 2023 Long Jiahuan Xanicia. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.CRSS.2021.02.05