tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học:" Liposarcoma of the tongue: case report and review of the literature"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Liposarcoma of the tongue: case report and review of the literature | Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Open Access Case report Liposarcoma of the tongue case report and review of the literature Marika R Dubin and Edward W Chang Address Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Columbia University - New York Presbyterian Hospital 180 Fort Washington Ave. HP 818 New York 10032 USA Email Marika R Dubin - md2148@ Edward W Chang - ewc3@ Corresponding author Published 26 July 2006 Received 06 March 2006 Head Face Medicine 2006 2 21 doi 1746-160X-2-21 Accepted 26 July 2006 This article is available from http content 2 1 21 2006 Dubin and Chang licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Liposarcoma most commonly arises in the retroperitoneum and lower extremities. Liposarcoma of the head and neck is rare with only 12 previously reported cases of liposarcoma in the tongue. Case presentation We present a case of well-differentiated liposarcoma of the tongue occuring in a 39 year old man treated with surgical excision. At 14 years of follow-up the patient remains free of disease. Conclusion Liposarcoma of the head and neck is rare and may easily be misdiagnosed clinically. The diagnosis is made histologically. Clinical behavior is related to histopathologic subtype. Wide surgical excision is the treatment of choice with limited data to support the use of radiation or chemotherapy. Our case represents the longest follow-up period for a tongue liposarcoma with 14 years disease-free following surgical extirpation. Background Liposarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasm that arises from adipose tissue most commonly in the .