Pleomorphic Liposarcoma of Femur: A Rare Soft Tissue Sarcoma Metastasized to the Bone—Case Report and Review of Literature

Table 1

Clinical, demographic features, type of treatments, results and outcomes of the present case, and reported cases of pleomorphic liposarcoma in the literature.

Study	Age (years)/sex	Location	Clinical data	Treatment	Result	Follow-up
Torok et al. [23]	34/M	Right femur	_	Wide resection, radiation, chemotherapy.	Resolution of the symptoms	Alive. 12 months follow-up.
Tiemeier et al. [10]	18/M	Metaphysis of the left tibia	Patient presented with a six-month history of pain and swelling in the left leg	Neoadjuvant MAP chemotherapy; Surgical resection of the tumor	Complete resolution of the metastases following chemotherapy	12 months. Patient is well with no evidence of recurrence.
Rasalkar et al. [24]	13/M	Femur	_	Chemotherapy, surgical wide resection.	Resolution of symptoms	No recurrence at 13 months follow-up
Hamlat et al. [7]	45/F	Thoracic spine	Backache; Paraplegia	Laminectomy T7-T8 and radiotherapy	Relieve from pain	19 months. Gradual deterioration of disease
Barra de Moraes et al. [15]	60/F	Lumbar spine	Lumbosciatica on the left side	Resection of L4, L3 to L5 arthrodesis.; Radiotherapy and chemotherapy	At 18 months, neither pain nor recurrence	3 years. Lung metastasis
Morales-Codina et al. [14]	61/M	Lumbar spine	Bilateral lumbosciatica.; Motor deficit in the lower limbs.	En bloc resection in L1, L2, and L3	Dehiscence and a deep wound infection.; Inflammatory polymyopathy.	2 months. Local recurrence, hepatic metastasis, extensive thrombosis. Death
Present case	54/M	Right femur	Patient presented with a sudden right hip pain after he slipped.	En bloc proximal femur wide resection followed by cemented long-stem bipolar hemiarthroplasty.; Radiotherapy and chemotherapy	All surgical margins were free from the tumor cell	6 months. Patient is well and could walk without gait aid. No evidence of recurrence or metastases.