Table 1. Characteristics of patients described in the literature with primary pleural liposarcoma.

Case	Sex/age	Maximal diameter (cm)	Symptoms	Treatment	Outcome	Resection margin
1	M/42	NA	Malaise, dyspnea, cough	Resection + radiotherapy	Alive at 1 year	Pedicled mass and negative margin
2	F/80	NA	Dyspnea	Resection	Died 8 months later	No pedicle, positive margin
3	F/45	16	Bronchitis, pneumonia	Resection + chemotherapy	Died 7 months later	No pedicle, positive margin
4	M/73	NA	None	Biopsy, palliative care	Died 9 months later	NA
5	M/80	20	None	Resection	NA	Pleural-based mass
6	M/19	3.5	None	Resection	Recurrence at 4 years	NA
7	M/61	NA	Dyspnea	Autopsy	And died	Cover the pleural surface
8	M/38	24	Dyspnea, cough	Resection + radiotherapy	Alive at 5 months	NA
9	F/43	21	None	Resection	Alive at 8 months	Pedicled mass and negative margin

Cases 1 and 2 were reported by Goldsmith et al. (5). Cases 3–5 were reported by Okby et al. (6). Case 6 was reported by Wouters et al. (9). Case 7 was reported by Evans et al. (7). Case 8 was reported by Wong et al. (8). Case 9 is the current patient. NA, not available.