Primary Liposarcoma of the Liver in a 14-Year-Old Child

Liposarcoma is a rare pediatric hepatic tumor, which usually metastasizes from the retroperitoneum and the extremities. Eight cases of primary liposarcoma of liver had been previously reported, 5 in adults and 3 in children. We present herein the ninth case and discuss this unusual disease entity through a review of the English literature. In Taiwan, this is the first case report. A 14-year-old child complained poor appetite and an abdominal mass. Computed tomographic scans of the abdomen showed a huge well-defined heterogenic hypervascular mass in the right lobe of liver. It was excised and histopathology showed primary hepatic liposarcoma. In particular, preoperative thrombocytosis (platelet counts greater than 720,000/μl) was detected in our patient. The platelet counts dropped rapidly 24 hours after surgery. Fifty days after the operation, the platelet counts were 320,000/μl. To date, there is no experience with primary liposarcoma of the liver complicated with thrombocytosis. Possibly, serial platelet counts may be a clue for detecting relapse of the disease.

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pediatric hepatic tumor ； primary liposarcoma

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