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Name | Sclerosing atypical lipomatous tumour of scalp: a case report |
Description | Research article(Case Report):- * Balachandra S. Ankad 1, Sharada S. Patil 2, Vijay D. Dombale 3, Yamanur P Lamani.4
1.Department of Dermatology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot , India. 2.Department of Pathology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot , India. 3.Department of Pathology, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot , India. 4.Department of Surgery, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot , India.
Abstract:- Background: Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft tissue sarcoma in adulthood. Most frequently it arises in the retroperitonium, lower extremities and less often in the head and neck area. Only a few cases of scalp liposarcoma have been previously reported. Main observations: We report a case of lipomatous tumour of scalp in a 30 year old female. Wide surgical excision of the lesion was done under local anaesthesia and sent for histopathological examination. Microscopic picture revealed features suggestive of sclerosing atypical lipomatous tumour, dermis showed small clusters and isolated adipocytes with atypical features surrounded by hyalinizing fibrous stroma. After one year of follow up, the patient remained free of disease. Conclusions: Liposarcoma of head and neck is very rare, with only a handful of cases reported on scalp. Patients with cutaneous and subcutaneous atypical lipomatous tumour or well differentiated liposarcoma have a good prognosis, but there are reports of local recurrences after a long period, as well as high grade change and dedifferentiation. Hence careful follow up is required.
Key words:- Atypical lipomatous tumour, liposarcoma- scalp, sclerosing variant. |
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