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01-03-2013 | Case Report
Slow-growing giant liposarcoma in the extremity: a case report
Authors:
Orhan Çizmeci, Samet Vasfi Kuvat, Mahmet Veli Karaaltın, Bilge Bilgiç
Published in:
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Issue 3/2013
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Excerpt
Lipomatous tumours are the most commonly occurring soft tissue tumours [
1-
3]. Although benign lipomatous tumours are frequent, liposarcomas do not have a high frequency of occurrence among malign bodily tumours. Liposarcomas comprise 20–30% of all soft tissue sarcomas, and they are the most commonly seen sarcomas after malignant fibrous tumours [
4]. …