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Primary intracranial sarcomas are rare and primary intracranial dedifferentiated liposarcoma is exceedingly rare.
This report documents an exceedingly rare case of primary intracranial dedifferentiated liposarcoma.
Primary intracranial DDLS expands the sarcoma differential; single Level 5 case leaves management questions open.
Primary intracranial sarcomas constitute a rare group of tumors, with the most common types described in the literature being chondrosarcoma and fibrosarcoma. Dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLS) is a high-grade sarcoma that sometimes metastasizes to the brain. However, a primary intracranial DDLS is exceedingly rare. A 45-year-old patient from the Middle East came to India for treatment. His magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans revealed a space-occupying lesion at the level of the lateral ventricle T2/fluid attenuated inversion recovery hyperintensity with peripheral edema. A T1 perfusion map showed high relative cerebral blood volume values in the peripheral part, suggesting a high-grade neoplasm. Gross total resection was performed, and histopathology showed a high-grade tumor composed of sheets of pleomorphic lipoblasts and epithelioid tumor cells arranged in nests and cords. Immunohistochemistry showed diffuse immunopositivity for MDM2, CDK4, and p16, while GFAP and OLIG2 were negative. Fluorescence in situ hybridization showed MDM2 amplification. Final diagnosis of DDLS was rendered. The patient had no systemic lesions elsewhere on positron emission tomography computed tomography scan.
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