Sclerosing liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum: An unusual case

• Main Authors: Sudheer Arava, Monika Breta, Karan Madan, Devajit Nath, Swapnil Mehta, Deeapli Jain
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
• Subjects: Anterior mediastinum; sclerosing liposarcoma; well-differentiated liposarcoma
• Online Access: http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2016;volume=59;issue=1;spage=69;epage=71;aulast=Arava

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.