TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical resection of a massive primary mediastinal liposarcoma using clamshell incision combined with lower median sternotomy
T2 - Report of a case
AU - Hirano, Yutaka
AU - Yamamoto, Hiromasa
AU - Ichimura, Koichi
AU - Toyooka, Shinichi
AU - Miyoshi, Shinichiro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We experienced a case of massive mediastinal liposarcoma expanding to the bilateral pleural cavities. Preoperative positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan showed that the uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) into the tumor was slight for its size. Clamshell incision together with lower median sternotomy provided the excellent visualization and the complete resection of the tumor. The surgical resection should be performed even for a massive liposarcoma, especially if the uptake of F-FDG into the tumor is low, as complete surgical resection is the only definitive treatment for liposarcoma.
AB - We experienced a case of massive mediastinal liposarcoma expanding to the bilateral pleural cavities. Preoperative positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan showed that the uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) into the tumor was slight for its size. Clamshell incision together with lower median sternotomy provided the excellent visualization and the complete resection of the tumor. The surgical resection should be performed even for a massive liposarcoma, especially if the uptake of F-FDG into the tumor is low, as complete surgical resection is the only definitive treatment for liposarcoma.
KW - Clamshell incision
KW - Lower median sternotomy
KW - Mediastinal liposarcoma
KW - Positron emission tomography-computed tomography
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U2 - 10.5761/atcs.cr.13.02263
DO - 10.5761/atcs.cr.13.02263
M3 - Article
C2 - 23801175
AN - SCOPUS:84923768824
VL - 20
SP - 606
EP - 608
JO - Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
SN - 1341-1098
ER -