title: Sclerosing liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum: An unusual case.
abstract: Liposarcomas are extremely rare in the mediastinum. Patients usually present late due to the compressive effect of the tumor on the adjacent structures. Severity of the symptoms depend mainly on the size of the tumor and the structure it infiltrates. Well differentiated slow growing liposarcomas are the most common ones in the mediastinum followed by dedifferentiated and poorly differentiated ones. These tumors have bad prognosis because of incomplete surgical excision due to its inaccessible location. Hence these patients should be kept under close follow up because of high recurrent rates. Here we are presenting a rare case of anterior mediastinal sclerosing liposarcoma in a 77 year old male.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sudheer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arava
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breta
authors.forename: Karan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.forename: Devajit
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nath
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Deeapli
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D008853:Microscopy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009418:S100 Proteins