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Al-Maghraby HQ, Khalbuss WE, Rao UN, et al. Fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma: Cytomorphology and MDM2 amplification by FISH. Cytojournal. 2010;7:5doi: 10.4103/1742-6413.62257.
Al-Maghraby, H. Q., Khalbuss, W. E., Rao, U. N., Cieply, K., Dacic, S., & Monaco, S. E. (2010). Fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma: Cytomorphology and MDM2 amplification by FISH. CytoJournal, 75. https://doi.org/10.4103/1742-6413.62257
Al-Maghraby, Hatem Q, et al. "Fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma: Cytomorphology and MDM2 amplification by FISH." CytoJournal vol. 7 (2010): 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/1742-6413.62257
Al-Maghraby HQ, Khalbuss WE, Rao UN, Cieply K, Dacic S, Monaco SE. Fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma: Cytomorphology and MDM2 amplification by FISH. Cytojournal. 2010 Apr 06;7:5. doi: 10.4103/1742-6413.62257. PMID: 20436789; PMCID: PMC2861822.
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Cytojournal. 2010 Apr 06;7:5. doi: 10.4103/1742-6413.62257.

Fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma: Cytomorphology and MDM2 amplification by FISH.

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Hatem Q Al-Maghraby, Walid E Khalbuss, Uma N M Rao, Kathleen Cieply, Sanja Dacic, Sara E Monaco

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  1. Department of Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 20436789 PMCID: PMC2861822 DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.62257

Abstract

Lipomatous mesenchymal tumors constitute the most common type of soft tissue tumors. Well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLS) can undergo dedifferentiation to a nonlipogenic sarcoma of variable histologic grade. In the recent literature, amplification of the murine double minute 2 (MDM2) oncogene, which has a role in cell cycle control, has been successful in distinguishing WDLS from benign lesions. We present a case of dedifferentiated liposarcoma diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA), using cytomorphology and ancillary studies (immunocytochemistry and fluorescent in-situ hybridization). An 85-year old female presented to our institution with a firm soft tissue mass of the right buttock. The FNA showed atypical spindle cells, osteoclast-like giant cells and extracellular dense matrix material. The cell block showed cellular groups of highly atypical spindle cells with osteoid and adipose tissue. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies performed on the cell block demonstrated amplification of the MDM2 gene. In addition, the findings were morphologically compatible with the previously resected retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma with areas of osteosarcoma. This rare case illustrates the usefulness of FNA and ancillary studies in the diagnosis and subclassification of soft tissue tumors. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of MDM2 FISH positivity in a liposarcoma diagnosed by FNA.

Keywords: Cytopathology; MDM2; fine needle aspiration biopsy liposarcoma

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