LIPOSARCOMA OF THE CECUM: A CASE REPORT

Liposarcoma is one of the malignant tumor of soft tissue. Liposarcoma of the digestive tract is very rare only a few cases of liposarcoma of the stomach has been reported so far. As far as we know this is the first reported case of liposarcoma of the larg bowel in the world. The patient is a – 29 – year old woman with history of long – standing mid abdominal pain and has been treated for anemia and peptic ulcer disease for sometimes, which did not affected her symptoms until a barium enema revealed a filling defect in the cecum. At laparatomy the tumor was a 3× 4cm lipoma like tumor – lobulated with yellowish colour. A right hemicolectomy was performed. The pathology reported a liposarcoma of the cecum with no mesenteric lymph node involvment. The patient is free of disease 1 years after surgery.