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| Caption    = Liposarcoma. [[H&E stain]].
| Caption    = Liposarcoma. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      =
| Micro      = lipoblasts - '''key feature''', chicken wire-like vascular, +/-[[myxoid]] background, cell size variation, thick fibrous septa (important low power feature)
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  = [[dedifferentiated liposarcoma]], [[myxoid liposarcoma]] (includes round cell liposarcoma), mixed-type liposarcoma, pleomorphic liposarcoma, liposarcoma not otherwise specified (NOS), spindle cell liposarcoma
| LMDDx      = [[pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma]]
| LMDDx      = [[pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma]]
| Stains    =
| Stains    =  
| IHC        =
| IHC        = S-100 +ve
| EM        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| Molecular  = t(12;16)(q13;p11) / TLS-CHOP -- for myxoid liposarcoma
| IF        =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Gross      =
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| Prevalence = most common retroperitoneal sarcoma, uncommon overall
| Prevalence = most common retroperitoneal sarcoma, uncommon overall
| Bloodwork  =
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Rads      = thick septae
| Endoscopy  =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = poor
| Prognosis  = poor
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**Extremely rare in retroperitoneum: [[synovial sarcoma]].
**Extremely rare in retroperitoneum: [[synovial sarcoma]].


==Gross==
*Thick fibrous septa
Radiology:<ref name=pmid9108224/>
*Fibrous septa or nodules.<ref name=pmid16160117>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Murphey | first1 = MD. | last2 = Arcara | first2 = LK. | last3 = Fanburg-Smith | first3 = J. | title = From the archives of the AFIP: imaging of musculoskeletal liposarcoma with radiologic-pathologic correlation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 25 | issue = 5 | pages = 1371-95 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1148/rg.255055106 | PMID = 16160117 }}</ref>
*Myoid liposarcoma - high signal (due to high water content).<ref name=pmid16160117/>
==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
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*+/-[[Myxoid]] background.
*+/-[[Myxoid]] background.
*Cell size variation.
*Cell size variation.
*Thick fibrous septa - important low power feature.<ref name=pmid9108224>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hosono | first1 = M. | last2 = Kobayashi | first2 = H. | last3 = Fujimoto | first3 = R. | last4 = Kotoura | first4 = Y. | last5 = Tsuboyama | first5 = T. | last6 = Matsusue | first6 = Y. | last7 = Nakamura | first7 = T. | last8 = Itoh | first8 = T. | last9 = Konishi | first9 = J. | title = Septum-like structures in lipoma and liposarcoma: MR imaging and pathologic correlation. | journal = Skeletal Radiol | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 150-4 | month = Mar | year = 1997 | doi =  | PMID = 9108224 }}</ref>


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