Recurrent liposarcomas of the abdomen and retroperitoneum three case reports

We report three cases of patients with liposarcomas of the abdomen Mho had been treated during the last 13 years (1980-1993). Two patients were men, a ged 29 and 51 years, with tumors of the retroperitoneal space and the third patient was a woman aged 64 years with a tumor in the peritoneal cavity. T herapeutic a treatment was as aggressive as possible excision of the tumor. In the case of the first male patient, the histological examination reveal ed a retroperitoneal myxoid liposarcoma which recurred 5 times within 13 pa rs. In the second male patient, it revealed a well differentiated retroperi toneal liposarcoma of the slcerosing type which recurred 5 times within 5 y ears since the first treatment. Finally: the one female patient had 2 recur rences of myxoid liposarcoma of the abdomen 9 years after the first operati on, presented with an infected mass and has been well since then.