Kara, M.Özkan, M.Sak, S.D.Kavukcu, E.2020-06-252020-06-252001Kara, M., Ozkan, M., Dizbay Sak, S., & Kavukçu, S. T. (2001). Successful removal of a giant recurrent mediastinal liposarcoma involving both hemithoraces. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 20(3), 647–649. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00848-x1010-7940https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00848-Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/2906Sak, Serpil/0000-0003-3666-3095Primary liposarcomas of the mediastinum are unusual tumors. We report herein a case of a 52-year-old woman, who was found to have a mediastinal tumor involving both hemithoraces and radiologically showing non-resectable-invasive features to the adjacent vital structures. She had a history of left thoracotomy for mediastinal schwannoma 14 years previously. The patient underwent an exploratory thoracotomy following a preoperative misdiagnosis of an ancient schwannoma. Complete removal of the tumor was accomplished through a right posterolateral thoracotomy with a subsequent histological diagnosis of a recurrent low-grade liposarcoma. A resectable liposarcoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a mediastinal tumor, although radiologically, the tumor presents with invasive features. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessliposarcomamediastinumthoracic surgeryArticle20364764910.1016/S1010-7940(01)00848-X2-s2.0-003490882611509300Q1WOS:000170878500053Q1