Dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the liver

Cancer. 1987 Dec 1;60(11):2785-90. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19871201)60:11<2785::aid-cncr2820601131>3.0.co;2-o.

Abstract

Among the rare occurrences of primary malignant mesenchymal tumors of the liver, the development of liposarcoma has been only theoretically listed--there is no proven example in the literature. This article documents a case of primary liposarcoma of the liver in a 30-year-old woman who presented with a huge intrahepatic tumor in the left lobe measuring 14 X 10 X 6 cm. It was composed of two distinct macroscopic and histologic features--the well-differentiated liposarcoma and the cellular, nonlipogenic pleomorphic sarcoma. The former was a mature, lipomatous tumor with various stages of lipoblasts. The latter was much more cellular, made up of pleomorphic cells admixed with a few areas of spindle cells with many mitotic figures, resembling a pleomorphic variant of malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Oil red O stain revealed multifocal, but a scanty amount, of fat-storing tumor cells in both compartments aside from large fat globules in the differentiated area. This is the first reported case of primary liposarcoma of the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liposarcoma / pathology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Sarcoma / pathology