Department of General and Visceral Surgery Researcher Provides New Study Findings on Liposarcomas (Primary Liposarcoma of the Spleen: Case Report With Review of the Literature).

A recent study published in the International Journal of Surgical Pathology reported on a 55-year-old woman with a primary liposarcoma of the spleen, a rare occurrence. The researchers conducted an open splenectomy and found MDM2-amplification in all tumor cells, indicating a diagnosis of well-differentiated liposarcoma confined to the spleen. This case represents the first description of a primary liposarcoma of the spleen in the literature, highlighting the importance of long-term follow-up due to the risk of local recurrence. For more information, readers can access the full article through the provided link. [Extracted from the article]