Title |
Intraperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma showing MDM2 amplification: case report
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Published in |
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, November 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1477-7819-11-305 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Carlo Grifasi, Armando Calogero, Nicola Carlomagno, Severo Campione, Francesco Paolo D’Armiento, Andrea Renda |
Abstract |
Liposarcoma is the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma (STS). It is divided into five groups according to histological pattern: well-differentiated, myxoid, round cell, pleomorphic, and dedifferentiated. Dedifferentiated liposarcoma most commonly occurs in the retroperitoneum, while an intraperitoneal location is extremely rare. Only seven cases have been reported in literature. Many pathologists recognize that a large number of intra-abdominal poorly differentiated sarcomas are dedifferentiated liposarcomas. We report a case initially diagnosed as undifferentiated sarcoma that was reclassified as intraperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma showing an amplification of the MDM2 gene. |
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