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Pleomorphic Liposarcoma
Pronunciation
Definition 1
A liposarcoma with areas of pleomorphism, resembling malignant fibrous histiocytoma. It is the rarest liposarcoma variant and usually has an aggressive clinical course. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A pleomorphic high grade sarcoma containing a variable number of pleomorphic lipoblasts. No areas of atypical lipomatous tumor/well differentiated liposarcoma or another line of differentiation are evident. (NCI Thesaurus)
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