2017
DOI: 10.1002/jso.24891
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Imaging in retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma

Abstract: Patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma can present to a variety of clinicians with non‐specific symptoms and retroperitoneal sarcomas can be incidental findings. Failure to recognize retroperitoneal sarcomas on imaging can lead to inappropriate management in non‐specialist centers. Therefore it is critical that the possibility of retroperitoneal sarcoma should be considered with prompt referral to a soft tissue sarcoma unit. This review guides clinicians through a diagnostic pathway, introduces concepts in resp… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
4
1

Citation Types

0
55
0

Year Published

2020
2020
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
5
2

Relationship

0
7

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 44 publications
(55 citation statements)
references
References 46 publications
0
55
0
Order By: Relevance
“…The latter location represents a poorer prognosis [ 3 ]. Most of the time, Retroperitoneal liposarcomas, are incidentally found on non-related imaging of the abdomen, and they are usually asymptomatic despite their large size, but can later lead to abdominal pain, a palpable mass, or bowel obstruction [ 4 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 3 more Smart Citations
“…The latter location represents a poorer prognosis [ 3 ]. Most of the time, Retroperitoneal liposarcomas, are incidentally found on non-related imaging of the abdomen, and they are usually asymptomatic despite their large size, but can later lead to abdominal pain, a palpable mass, or bowel obstruction [ 4 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Well-differentiated and dedifferentiated liposarcomas consist 40% of the retroperitoneal sarcomas in adults aged over 55 years. Differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal soft tissue masses includes undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, synovial sarcoma, solitary fibrous tumor, extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma, and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor [ 4 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 2 more Smart Citations
“…Although the amplification of the 12q13-15 region, carrying the MDM2 andCDK4 genes, is used to distinguish WD/DDLPS and ALT from benign lipomas and from other types of liposarcomas, specific aberrations that can be used to distinguish between WDLPS and DDLPS subtypes have not been identified so far. Computed tomography (CT) can identify non-lipomatous area in a lipomatous tumor but does not have the resolution to reveal ongoing dedifferentiation processes within adipose-like tissue or to distinguish dedifferentiated parts of the tumor from stroma components, while PET/CT has no routine role for diagnosis [8].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%