Giant liposarcoma occupying most of the hemi-thorax and resected in the supine position: Report of a rare case

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-65

  Matsuo, Toshihiro ^b   Takamori, Shinzo ^b   Hayabuchi, Naofumi ^a   Fumihiko, Muta ^b   Kashihara, Masaki ^b   Yoshiyama, Kouichi ^b   Nishi, Tatsuya ^b   Murakami, Daigo ^b   Shirouzu, Kazuo ^b  

^a Department of Surgery and radiology ^*  (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liposarcoma; Percutareous cardiopulmonary support

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOTOMY; TUMOR;

HUMANS; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856280406     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: 18812090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.58.63     Document Type: Article

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