Primary Well Differentiated Breast Liposarcoma with Divergent Cartilagenous Differentiation: A Case Report

Abstract

Primary liposarcomas of the female and male breasts are very rare. Heterologous differentiation in adipocytic tumors is also an exceedingly rare phenomenon, which is occasionally reported in the literature. We describe the case of a 22 year-old female who presented with a relatively large left breast mass which was clinically diagnosed as a case of giant fibroadenoma, but histologically showed a well differentiated liposarcoma with evidence of extensive chondroid differentiation. The mammographic and radiological features are presented and correlated with the histopathological appearances together with literature review and comparison with similar reported cases.

Keywords

• Breast sarcomas
• Liposarcoma
• Chondroid/cartilaginous differentiation
• Dedifferentiated liposarcoma.