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Published on: September 13, 2019
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation in an 8-year-old girl
Sumika Okamoto1, Rikuo Machinami, Taisuke Tanizawa
1Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. okamotosum@kochi-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The development of a liposarcoma during childhood is extremely rare. We report a case of dedifferentiated liposarcoma arising in the left thigh of an 8-year-old girl. Morphological and immunohistochemical studies revealed occasional rhabdomyoblastic differentiation in the dedifferentiated component. The identical cells were co-mingling with the well-differentiated liposarcoma component. This is the first description of such a case of liposarcoma occurring in a child.
