Liposarcoma simulating a baker's cyst: A case study

✍ Scribed by K. Sarkar; C. Buckley; H. K. Uhthoff

• Book ID: 104778568
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 527 KB
• Volume: 105
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-3916
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00449934

✦ Synopsis

We present a case of liposarcoma in a 65-year-old man in whom the tumor first appeared as a soft, cystic mass at the medial margin of the left popliteal fossa. The mass simulated a Baker's cyst. The patient remained untreated for almost 7 months from the discovery of the mass. With worsening pressure symptoms, a biopsy was done that confirmed the clinical diagnosis of liposarcoma. The leg was amputated, but the patient died 2 years later with clinical evidence of pulmonary metastasis. By presenting this case report, we stress the importance of carefully investigating for malignancy all masses presenting as a Baker's cyst in persons past middle age.