Toshiaki Kawai, Hiroshi Nakashima, Kota Washimi, Tomoyuki Yokose, Toshihiro Matsuo, Masamichi Nakayama, Naohiro Shinohara, Hajime Kuroda, Kazuyuki Ishida, Jun Akiba, Masashi Ishikawa, Shogo Urabe, Junichi Shiraishi, Takeshi Shiraishi, Atsuhiko Sakamoto, Susumu Matsukuma
Liposarcoma rarely occurs in the pleura or thoracic cavity, and few reports appear in the literature. We hypothesized that combining clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and fluorescence in situ hybridization methods would allow definite diagnoses. Using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded blocks, we examined 6 atypical lipomatous tumor/well-differentiated liposarcomas (ALT/WDLPS), 5 dedifferentiated liposarcomas (DDLPSs), 2 pleomorphic liposarcomas, and 1 myxoid liposarcoma (MLPS). We used the Kaplan-Meier method and the Wilcoxon test for survival analysis for prognostic factor evaluation...
June 2023: Human Pathology