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Lipossarcoma of the knee in a tennis player: case report

Lipossarcoma is an uncommon malignant tumor. It originates in the mesenchymal cells, and is the most common of the soft tissue sarcomas. The authors report a case of a 40 year-old male tennis player with lipossarcoma in the posterior right knee and distal thigh region.

Liposarcoma; Bone Neoplasms; Knee; Athletes


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