Liposarcoma of the thigh with mixed calcification and ossification.

Radiol Case Rep

Department of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1475, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Published: September 2016

Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft-tissue sarcomas. Calcification and ossification can occur in liposarcoma; however, the presence of both ossification and calcification is a very rare entity. We present a case of a partially calcified and ossified dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the thigh in a 76-year-old woman, which contained heterologous elements of chondrosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma.

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