Radiological Case: Well-differentiated liposarcoma of the groin

Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 13:11:33 GMT

Prepared by Justin Q. Ly, MD, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, and Joanna D. Lusk, MD, Department of Pathology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX.

CASE SUMMARY

A 63-year-old man presented with a tender, enlarging mass in the medial aspect of the proximal left leg. He denied any recent trauma to that area. The physical examination revealed no discernable loss of motor or sensory lower extremity function. A large, soft, somewhat ﬁxed mass was palpable at the medial aspect of the patient's proximal left thigh.The left proximal femur/groin area was imaged with conventional radiography, which revealed no signiﬁcant abnormalities (not shown). Further imaging included computed tomography (CT) (Figure 1), skeletal scintigraphy (Figure 2), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (Figures 3 through 5).

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Radiological Case: Well-differentiated liposarcoma of the groin