title: Myxoid liposarcoma of the breast--report of a rare case.
abstract: Breast sarcomas are very rare. A 40 year old lady presented with a well-defined hard lump, 6 cm in size, in the left breast. Patient underwent simple mastectomy with axillary clearance following a diagnosis of phylloides tumour on fine needle aspiration cytology. Grossly, it was a circumscribed myxoid tumour. Histopathologically, it fulfilled all the criteria for a diagnosis of myxoid liposarcoma. The absence of epithelial component excluded phylloides tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. pairadharam@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Radha R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Kulwant
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Suneet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Hema
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kini
authors.forename: Kausalya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: Krishnaraj
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018208:Liposarcoma, Myxoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008408:Mastectomy