Dedifferentiated liposarcoma with chondroblastic osteosarcomatous dedifferentiation

Pathol Int. 2000 Jul;50(7):558-61. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01083.x.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of dedifferentiated liposarcoma with features resembling chondroblastic osteosarcoma in the dedifferentiated component. The tumor was removed from the left thigh in a 78-year-old male. It consisted of a well-differentiated liposarcoma and an anaplastic component that contained numerous osteoid and cartilaginous tissues surrounded by high-grade spindle cell sarcoma. To our knowledge, only two cases similar to the divergent chondroblastic osteosarcomatous dedifferentiation of this disease have been reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Bone Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Femur / diagnostic imaging
  • Femur / pathology
  • Femur / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Liposarcoma / radiotherapy
  • Liposarcoma / secondary*
  • Liposarcoma / surgery
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Proteins / analysis
  • Osteosarcoma / radiotherapy
  • Osteosarcoma / secondary*
  • Osteosarcoma / surgery
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Neoplasm Proteins