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- Title
Intra-Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Benign Lipomatous Tumors—An Extremely Rare Mimic of Liposarcoma and its Diagnostic Challenge.
- Authors
Malik, Faizan; Allbee, Andrew W.; Zhang, Paul J.
- Abstract
Background. Lipomas are common superficial soft tissue tumors of mature adipocytes. In contrast, well-differentiated/dedifferentiated liposarcoma typically presents in the retroperitoneum as large masses. We provide clinicopathologic and follow-up details of 9 retroperitoneal/intra-abdominal benign lipomatous tumors (BLT) and discuss the utility of ancillary fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in distinguishing from their malignant counterparts. Design. Clinicopathologic details and histology of 9 intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal lipomas were studied along with ancillary CD10 immunohistochemistry (IHC) and FISH for MDM2 and CDK4 amplification. Results. There were 6 females and 3 males. Median age at diagnosis was 52 years (range 36-81 years). Seven were identified incidentally and 2 presented with primary complaints. On imaging, 7 were considered suspicious for liposarcoma. Grossly, the tumors ranged from 3.4 to 41.2 cm (median 16.5 cm). Histologically, all cases showed well-differentiated BLT, further classified as lipoma (n = 7; 1 with metaplastic ossification, 2 with prominent vessels, and 4 ordinary lipomas) and lipoma-like hibernoma (n = 2)—the latter 2 showed intramuscular lesions with interspersed brown fat. CD10 IHC showed strong staining in the 2 hibernomas, whereas the staining was weak in the remaining. MDM2 and CDK4 amplification were negative by FISH in all. Follow-up (median 18 months) did not show recurrence on clinical or imaging evaluation. Conclusion. Retroperitoneal/intra-abdominal BLT are extremely rare and are indistinguishable clinically and radiographically from liposarcoma. This necessitates molecular confirmation even when the histology is convincingly benign, for a confident diagnosis. Our cohort shows that conservative excision without removal of abutted organs is sufficient in most cases.
- Subjects
BENIGN tumors; SOFT tissue tumors; LIPOSARCOMA; METAPLASTIC ossification; FLUORESCENCE in situ hybridization; RETROPERITONEUM
- Publication
International Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2024, Vol 32, Issue 1, p46
- ISSN
1066-8969
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10668969231167511