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R0 surgical resection of giant dedifferentiated retroperitoneal liposarcomas in the COVID era with and without nephrectomy: A case report

  • Authors:
    • Francesca Pegoraro
    • Domenico Santangelo
    • Alfonso Santangelo
    • Luigi Pelosio
    • Akbar Jamshidi
    • Luigi Camera
    • Massimo Imbriaco
    • Ciro Gabriele Mainolfi
    • Luigi Insabato
    • Rossella Accarino
    • Mario Giuliano
    • Nicola Carlomagno
    • Vincenzo D'Alessandro
    • Michele L. Santangelo
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  • Published online on: August 4, 2023     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.13996
  • Article Number: 410
  • Copyright: © Pegoraro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPSs) are rare findings that can grow into large masses without eliciting severe symptoms. At present, surgical resection is the only radical therapy, whenever it can be performed with the aim to achieve a complete removal of the tumor. The present report describes two consecutive cases of RPSs that resulted in dedifferentiated liposarcomas (DDLPSs) and these patients underwent R0 surgical resection with and without a nephron‑sparing procedure. The diagnostic workup, the surgical approach, the impact of late surgical management due to the COVID pandemic and the latest literature on the topic are discussed and analyzed. The patients, who refused to undergo any medical examination during the prior 2 years due to the COVID pandemic, were admitted to Federico II University Hospital (Naples, Italy) complaining about weight loss and general abdominal discomfort. In the first case, a primitive giant abdominal right neoplasm of retroperitoneal origin enveloping and medializing the right kidney was observed. The second patient had a similar primitive retroperitoneal giant left neoplasm, which did not affect the kidney. Given the characteristics of the masses and the absence of distant metastases, after a multidisciplinary discussion, radical surgical removal was carried out for both patients. The lesions appeared well‑defined from the surrounding tissues, and markedly compressed all the adjacent organs, without signs of infiltration. In the first patient, the right kidney was surrounded and undetachable from the tumor and it was removed en bloc with the mass. The second patient benefited from a nephron‑sparing resection, due to the existence of a clear cleavage plane. The postoperative courses were uneventful. Both the histological examinations were oriented towards a DDLPS and both patients benefited from adjuvant chemotherapy. In conclusion, the treatment of giant RPS is still challenging and requires multidisciplinary treatment as well as, when possible, radical surgical removal. The lack of tissue infiltration and the avoidance of excision or reconstruction of major organs (including the kidney) could lead to an easier postoperative course and an improved prognosis. When possible, surgical management of recurrences or incompletely resected masses must be pursued. Since the COVID pandemic caused limited medicalization of a number of population groups and delayed diagnosis of other oncologic diseases, an increased number of DDLPSs could be expected in the near future.
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Pegoraro F, Santangelo D, Santangelo A, Pelosio L, Jamshidi A, Camera L, Imbriaco M, Mainolfi CG, Insabato L, Accarino R, Accarino R, et al: R0 surgical resection of giant dedifferentiated retroperitoneal liposarcomas in the COVID era with and without nephrectomy: A case report. Oncol Lett 26: 410, 2023
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Pegoraro, F., Santangelo, D., Santangelo, A., Pelosio, L., Jamshidi, A., Camera, L. ... Santangelo, M.L. (2023). R0 surgical resection of giant dedifferentiated retroperitoneal liposarcomas in the COVID era with and without nephrectomy: A case report. Oncology Letters, 26, 410. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.13996
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Pegoraro, F., Santangelo, D., Santangelo, A., Pelosio, L., Jamshidi, A., Camera, L., Imbriaco, M., Mainolfi, C. G., Insabato, L., Accarino, R., Giuliano, M., Carlomagno, N., D'Alessandro, V., Santangelo, M. L."R0 surgical resection of giant dedifferentiated retroperitoneal liposarcomas in the COVID era with and without nephrectomy: A case report". Oncology Letters 26.3 (2023): 410.
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Pegoraro, F., Santangelo, D., Santangelo, A., Pelosio, L., Jamshidi, A., Camera, L., Imbriaco, M., Mainolfi, C. G., Insabato, L., Accarino, R., Giuliano, M., Carlomagno, N., D'Alessandro, V., Santangelo, M. L."R0 surgical resection of giant dedifferentiated retroperitoneal liposarcomas in the COVID era with and without nephrectomy: A case report". Oncology Letters 26, no. 3 (2023): 410. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.13996