Successful resection of a primary liposarcoma in the anterior mediastinum in a child: Report of a case

Primary liposarcomas of the mediastinum are very rare. We report on a 13-ye ar-old girl who presented with a huge mediastinal tumor. The tumor was exti rpated by a median sternotomy with a right thoracotomy. The tumor included the superior vena cava in the anterior mediastinum. It therefore probably o riginated from the anterior mediastinal fat tissue, possibly from the thymu s. A pathological examination revealed myxoid liposarcoma. At 35 months pos toperatively, the patient has not shown any recurrence.