Dedifferentiated myxoid liposarcoma: a clinicopathological study suggesting a closer relationship between myxoid and well‐differentiated liposarcoma

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1997-05
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  • 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1997.5510791.x
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Wiley

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<jats:p>Myxoid/round cell liposarcoma is arguably the commonest type of liposarcoma occurring in the extremities and may show gradual progression from low‐grade, pure myxoid liposarcoma to high‐grade round cell liposarcoma. Rarely myxoid/round cell liposarcoma is associated with areas of well‐differentiated or pleomorphic liposarcoma (mixed liposarcoma). We describe the clinicopathological features of three unusual myxoid/round cell liposarcomas which showed morphological features of <jats:italic>de novo</jats:italic> dedifferentiation. All patients were male and were aged 66, 70 and 76 years, respectively. One lesion each arose in the retroperitoneum, inguinal region and peritoneal cavity. Histologically, in one case the myxoid/round cell component was juxtaposed to a high‐grade non‐lipogenic component resembling non‐pleomorphic storiform ‘malignant fibrous histiocytoma’ (‘MFH’), one case showed a combination of myxoid liposarcoma and a high‐grade myxofibrosarcoma‐like component (so‐called myxoid ‘MFH’), and in the third case, a well‐differentiated myxoid liposarcoma with a discontinuous micronodular pattern of dedifferentiation was seen. Follow‐up information of 30, 28 and 26 months revealed two recurrences each in two patients. These patients died of postoperative pulmonary embolism and abdominal haemorrhage, respectively; systemic metastases were not noted. These cases demonstrate that myxoid/round cell liposarcoma can show, albeit very rarely, histological features of dedifferentiation. Cases like these, combined with the occurrence of mixed‐type liposarcoma (well‐differentiated/myxoid liposarcoma) and the vicinity of chromosomal regions involved by specific karyotypic aberrations in these tumours, suggest that myxoid/round cell liposarcoma and well‐differentiated liposarcoma (including its dedifferentiated variant) are more closely related in biological terms than is generally believed.</jats:p>

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