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Thoracic Paravertebral Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Masquerading as Spinal Tuberculosis: Case Report and Review of
Liang Li1, Jun-Long Pan1, Cheng-Xin Yu1
1Department of Radiology, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University and Yichang Central People's Hospital, Yichang, Hubei Province, China.
Abstract:
Primary poorly differentiated liposarcoma of the spine represents an exceptionally rare clinical entity. We present a 68-year-old patient with a poorly differentiated liposarcoma originating in the thoracic paraspinal region that was initially misdiagnosed as spinal tuberculosis. Although surgical decompression and subsequent biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of liposarcoma, the patient declined adjuvant chemotherapy and experienced disease recurrence within 2 months. This case underscores the critical consideration that differentiated spinal sarcomas may be radiologically indistinguishable from spinal tuberculosis, necessitating histopathological confirmation for accurate diagnosis.
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