Key result
Bronchial brushing and washing successfully provided cytopathological confirmation of pulmonary metastatic pleomorphic liposarcoma, revealing pleomorphic spindle-shaped cells with occasional lipoblasts.
Case Report (n=1)
Bronchoscopical sampling methods can provide cytopathological confirmation of pulmonary metastatic pleomorphic liposarcoma.
May support bronchoscopic sampling for rare pulmonary metastases; leaves open validation beyond single-case reports.
Pleomorphic liposarcoma (PLS) is morphologically defined by the presence of pleomorphic lipoblasts in a background of high-grade sarcoma. Representing the rarest variant of liposarcoma, PLS frequently metastasizes, most commonly to the lungs. We present the case of a 72-year-old male patient with pulmonary metastatic PLS. The primary tumour was located in the back thoracic wall. Cytopathological confirmation of the metastasis to the lung was offered using bronchoscopical sampling methods. Bronchial brushing and washing of the visible metastatic lesion revealed pleomorphic spindle-shaped cells of high-grade sarcoma with occasional lipoblasts.
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Apostolou et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Pulmonary metastatic pleomorphic liposarcoma (n=1). Bronchoscopical sampling methods (bronchial brushing and washing) was evaluated on Cytopathological confirmation of metastasis. Bronchial brushing and washing successfully provided cytopathological confirmation of pulmonary metastatic pleomorphic liposarcoma, revealing pleomorphic spindle-shaped cells with occasional lipoblasts.
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