Liposarcoma: a soft tissue tumor with many presentations.

[liposarcoma]

Liposarcoma is an uncommon connective tissue tumor arising from lipoblast cells . The lesion is located in body soft parts and rarely arises from the bones . The tumors are variable in presentation ranging from benign well-differentiated tumors to myxoid and round cell-dedifferentiated and pleomorphic forms which can present with metastases . The lesions are most often treated by surgical resection . Chemotherapy and radiation may be added to the treatment of the more malignant variants with some success .