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Liposarcoma of bone with osteosarcomatous foci: Case report and review of the literature

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A case of liposarcoma arising in bone with rare foci of osteosarcoma is reported. In this case, the tumor metastasized to the lungs as osteosarcoma. This is the third documented case and the fourth known case in the literature. Its rarity is somewhat surprising considering the innumerable possibilities of differentiation of the mesenchyme elements present in the bone marrow.

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  1. Department of Radiology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    E. F. Downey Jr. D.O.

  2. Anatomic Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Service, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    G. F. Worsham M.D.

  3. Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    G. F. Worsham M.D.

  4. Department of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Anne C. Brower M.D.

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Downey, E.F., Worsham, G.F. & Brower, A.C. Liposarcoma of bone with osteosarcomatous foci: Case report and review of the literature. Skeletal Radiol 8, 47–50 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00361369

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