Primary Liposarcoma of the Mediastinum
Reginald F. Munden1,
Jonathan C. Nesbitt2,
Bonnie L. Kemp3,4,
Marvin H. Chasen1 and
Gary J. Whitman1
1
Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Box 57, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030.
2
Cardiovascular Surgery Associates, 4230 Harding Rd., Nashville, TN
37205.
3
Division of Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030.
4
Present address: Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. S.W.,
Rochester, MN 55905.

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Fig. 1A. Primary liposarcoma of mediastinum in 56-year-old man.
Posteroanterior chest radiograph shows mediastinal widening with tracheal
deviation (arrows) to right.
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Fig. 1B. Primary liposarcoma of mediastinum in 56-year-old man. CT
scan shows large fatty mediastinal mass impinging on left innominate vein
(arrows) and causing deviation of trachea (arrowhead) to
right.
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Fig. 1C. Primary liposarcoma of mediastinum in 56-year-old man.
Photomicrograph shows fibrous bands (arrows) containing atypical
cells intermixed with fatty areas. (H and E, x200)
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