High grade sarcoma presenting as multifocal recurrent seromas after inguinal hernia repair: A case report.

ABSTRACT: In this report, we describe a 54-year-old male with cystic retroperitoneal sarcoma extending through the inguinal canal. Patient initially underwent inguinal hernia repair with mesh placement for suspected cord lipoma, after which he developed recurrent loculated retroperitoneal fluid collections refractory to multiple attempts at drain placement and laparotomy. Twenty-nine months after initial surgery, patient was referred to our institution on suspicion of malignancy. Pathology of resections taken during subsequent laparotomy showed foci of malignant cells interspersed throughout reactive proliferations. Follow-up immunohistochemistry confirmed high-grade sarcoma, likely atypical liposarcoma, but was unable to definitively establish subtype. Despite en bloc resection and gemcitabine/doce

SUBMITTER: Muir LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7809524 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature