En-bloc resection of a giant retroperitoneal lipoma: a case report and review of the literature.

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Retroperitoneal lipomas are an extremely rare condition with only 17 cases described in the literature since 1980. They can reach enormous size and cause significant abdominal symptoms. The most important differential diagnosis is the well-differentiated liposarcoma, which preoperatively often may not definitely be ruled out.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Res Notes

Title: BMC research notes

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1756-0500

ISSN (Print): 1756-0500

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 10 2015

Volume: 8

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[1 ] Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Marchioninistraße 15, D-81377, Munich, Germany. Maximilian.Weniger@med.uni-muenchen.de.

[2 ] Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Marchioninistraße 15, D-81377, Munich, Germany. Jan.DHaese@med.uni-muenchen.de.

[3 ] Institute for Clinical Radiology, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. Wolfgang.Kunz@med.uni-muenchen.de.

[4 ] Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Marchioninistraße 15, D-81377, Munich, Germany. Sebastian.Pratschke@med.uni-muenchen.de.

[5 ] Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Marchioninistraße 15, D-81377, Munich, Germany. Markus.Guba@med.uni-muenchen.de.

[6 ] Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Marchioninistraße 15, D-81377, Munich, Germany. Jens.Werner@med.uni-muenchen.de.

[7 ] Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Marchioninistraße 15, D-81377, Munich, Germany. Martin.Angele@med.uni-muenchen.de.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1186/s13104-015-1038-7

DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1038-7

PMC ID: 4365774

PubMed ID: 25890295

SO-VID: e4c401a5-0916-451d-ae0d-c1bafa6a89d4

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