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Liposarcoma
A malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep soft tissue, such as that inside the thigh. Most frequent in middle-aged and older adults (age 40 and above), liposarcomas are the most common of all soft-tissue sarcomas
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- Hallux varus An inward bending (varus) of the joint of the big toe (the hallux).