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Table 2 Clinical and cytogenetic findings in atypical lipomatous tumors/well-differentiated liposarcomas

From: Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of MDM2 and CDK4expression using total RNA from core-needle biopsies is useful for diagnosing adipocytic tumors

 

Sex

Age (years)

Location

Total

Karyotype

M

F

20-40

40-60

>60

U

L

T

H

= 38

Normal

1

1

0

1

1

0

2

0

0

2 (5%)

Abnormal

21

15

2

16

18

6

20

8

2

36 (95%)

  Ring/Giant chromosome

7

8

1

5

9

1

9

5

0

15 (42%)

  12q13-15 rearrangement

4

1

0

2

3

1

3

0

1

5 (14%)

  13q rearrangement

4

1

0

3

2

3

1

1

0

5 (14%)

  6p21-23 rearrangement

1

2

0

2

1

1

1

0

1

3 (8%)

  Other

5

5

1

3

6

1

7

2

0

10 (28%)

  1. Abbreviations: M male, F female, U upper extremity, L lower extremity, T trunk, H head and neck. Note that some cases showed more than one karyotypic aberration.