Kusuma Venkatesh¹*, Chethana Mannem² and Sneha A Motwani³

¹Former Professor and HOD, Department of Pathology, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
²Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
³Post Graduate and Tutor, Department of Pathology, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India

*Corresponding Author: Kusuma Venkatesh, Professor of Pathology, Presently working at East Point College of Medical Sciences and Research centre, Bangalore, India.

Received: February 24, 2022; Published: March 10, 2022

Abstract

Primary breast sarcomas are rare tumors constituting <1% of breast malignancies of which liposarcoma accounts for only 0.3%. A 58year-old female presented with a lump in the left breast of 2 years duration, gradually increasing in size and was associated with pain. On examination, she had a firm to hard large lump in the left breast involving all the quadrants. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology was reported as phyllodes tumor. The patient underwent simple mastectomy. Grossly, the specimen was large, measuring 20.0×18.0×10.0 cm having a markedly variegated cut surface with solid and cystic areas. Solid areas appeared predominantly gelatinous. Histopathological examination of solid areas showed malignant spindle cell neoplasm with lipoblasts in myxoid stroma and numerous arborizing blood vessels. Focal areas had round cells with moderate amount of vacuolated cytoplasm. There were portions of necrosis and cystic degenerations. A diagnosis of primary myxoid liposarcoma was made and has been reported as it is a rare tumor in the breast with characteristic histopathology.

Keywords: Primary Breast Sarcoma; Myxoid Liposarcoma of Breast

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Citation

Citation: Kusuma Venkatesh., et al. “Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma of Breast with Round Cell Component - Report of A Rare Case with Review of Literature" 6.3 (2022): 03-06.

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