Pathology
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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Liposarcoma
Clinical signs
  • malignant tumor of soft tissues, rarely found in the subcutis
  • age: over 50 years, children affected rarely
Histology

4 types:

  • well differentiated (lipoma like, sclerosing, inflammatory)
  • myxoid
  • round cell
  • pleomorphic

Lipoblast is the characteristic cell, containg cytoplasmatic vacuoles with lipid, which cause indentations of the nucleus. The nuclear polymorphism is variable, from low to striking (pleomorphic variant). High grade liposarcomas show unequivocal signs of malignancy (mitotic activity, polymorphism, infiltrative growth). Details are described in specialized literature.

Round cell liposarcoma (1788)

Liposarcoma, gr. I. (2409)

Myxoid liposarcoma (2410)