[Liposarcoma of the soft tissues of extremities: a contribution to clinical diagnosis and treatment author's transl].

Liposarcoma is a rare soft-tissue tumor. According to Enzinger, there are five subgoups. Histological criteria, the beginning, diagnostic and therapy of this tumor are represented. Results have been ascertained as follows, founded on eight cases of our own: 1. Adequate radical surgery and radiation therapy are needed in each case. 2. Recurrences are frequently, metastasition is rarely observed. 3. The prognosis is poor, if a recurrence appears within two years.