Solid Tumour Section

Well-differentiated liposarcoma: the well-differentiated liposarcomas are tumors of low grade malignancy that may recur locally but not metastasize; the terminolgy of subtypes is not straightforward; three related sybtypes have been distinguished: lipoma-like (the most common form), inflammatory, and sclerosing; other terms that have been suggested to describe at least subsets of these tumors are atypical lipoma and atypical lipomatous tumor. Myxoid liposarcoma/round cell liposarcoma: myxoid liposarcoma is the most common form of liposarcomas, constituting about half of the cases, with a relatively favorable prognosis; the much less common, and more aggressive round cell liposarcoma is regarded as a poorly differentiated variant of myxoid liposarcoma; pure round cell liposarcomas are very rare, and more often the tumors represent mixed liposarcomas with both myxoid and round cell components at different proportions; in recurrences the round cell component may increase. Pleomorphic liposarcoma: the pleomorphic liposarcomas are highly malignant tumors showing a disorderly growth pattern and extensive cellular pleomorphism. Clinics and pathology