Beneath the Surface: Massive Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma Masquerading as Meralgia Paresthetica

John W Ostrominski; Qin Huang; Yelena Kamenker-Orlov

doi:10.12788/fp.0132

Beneath the Surface: Massive Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma Masquerading as Meralgia Paresthetica

Fed Pract. 2021 May;38(Suppl 2):S61-S67. doi: 10.12788/fp.0132.

Authors

John W Ostrominski¹, Qin Huang¹, Yelena Kamenker-Orlov¹

Affiliation

¹ is a Resident Primary Care Physician; is a Pathologist in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; and is a Primary Care Physician and Director of the Resident Primary Care Clinic; all at the West Roxbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center. John Ostrominski is Resident in Internal Medicine, Qin Huang and Yelena Kamenker-Orlov are Assistant Professors, all at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts.

Abstract

In patients presenting with focal neurologic findings involving the lower extremities, a thorough abdominal examination should be considered an integral part of the full neurologic work up.

Publication types

Case Reports