Resection of a giant retroperitoneal lipoma herniating through the inguinal canal
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Walter Sebastián Nardi; Hernán Diaz Saubidet; Eduardo Porto; Sergio Damián Quildrian
- Source
- BMJ Case Rep
- Subject
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Case Report
Hernia, Inguinal
Thigh
Liposarcoma
Resection
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surgical oncology
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms
business.industry
General Medicine
Lipoma
medicine.disease
Inguinal canal
Tumor Burden
body regions
stomatognathic diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Female
Radiology
Differential diagnosis
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Language
- English
Retroperitoneal lipomas are extremely rare with few cases reported so far in the literature. They can reach different sizes and present with a variety of symptoms. The differential diagnosis is mainly with well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLPS). We present a 34-year-old woman with a retroperitoneal lipoma herniating through the inguinal canal into the proximal thigh. The patient underwent complete oncological resection using a Karakousis’s abdominoinguinal incision. Retroperitoneal lipomas are a very rare condition and sometimes require resections technically challenging. MDM2 amplification is critical for its differential diagnosis with WDLPS.