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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 33-35 |
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Metastatic myxoid liposarcoma of lung and mediastinum diagnosed by fine needle aspiration
Renuka V Inuganti, Saila G Bala, Krishna Y Bharathi
Department of Pathology, Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh - 522 004, India
Correspondence Address:
Renuka V Inuganti
Department of Pathology, Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh- 522 004
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.76948
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Myxoid liposarcomas metastatic to lungs and mediastinum are infrequent lung neoplasms. The tumor has an aggressive course and needs to be recognized cytologically. A 60-year-old male smoker presented with gradually progressive left-sided chest pain, cough, and expectoration for the past one month. Chest radiograph and computed tomography of thorax revealed a lung mass in left apical region extending into the posterior mediastinum, which was subjected to ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA). Smears showed a cellular tumor with ovoid to spindle shaped tumor cells in a myxoid background having a rich vascular network. The possibility of a myxoid liposarcoma metastatic to lung and mediastinum was suggested and confirmed by histopathology. A previous history of excision of a tumor in the thigh one and half years ago was present. The importance of recognizing the cytological picture by FNA is discussed. |
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