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. 2022 Aug 17;12:949962. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.949962

Table 3.

Clinicopathologic features of previously reported primary mediastinal and intrathoracic liposarcomas of large series studies.

Published time Case No. Author Gender (M:F) Age (year) Clinical Presentation Size (cm) Location Histology Molecular/IHC Therapy Follow-upInformation Outcome
1964 8 Cicciarelli, F. E.,et al (7) 3:5 50 (13-70) pain, cough, dyspnea, loss of weight 17.8 (14-22) 2 PM, 2 AM,
4 MC
8 Liposarcoma NA 5 excision & RT,
2 excision,1 RT
6 recurrence 5 DOD,
3 AWD
1995 28 Klimstra DS, et al (8) 16:12 43 (14-72) pain, cough, dyspnea, 15.7 (6- 40) 28 AM 15 WDL,7 ML,3 PL,
3 mixed-type
NA 28 excision 7 (7/22) recurrence 11 ANED,
4 AWD,
7 DOD,
2007 24 Hahn HP, et al. (9) 13:11 58 (3-72) Dyspnea and cough 16 (2.2- 61) 9 AM,7 PM, 1 SM,7 mediastinum 10 WDL,8 DDL,2 ML,4 PL NA 14 complete excision, 1 marginal excision +CT, 1 RT+CT 5 (5/15) recurrence
2 (2/15) metastasis
11 ANED,
1 AWD,
2 DOD,
1 DFU
2012 24 Boland JM, et al. (10) 13:11 53 (15-73) NA 16 (8-30) 6 AM, 6PM, 2SM, 3 MM, 5MC, 1PS, 1AM/SM 8 WDL,6 DDL,2 ML,
4PL,3M-PL,1 Unclassifiable type
WDL:1/1CPM-(FISH), DDL:3/3 CPM+(FISH),
ML:1/1CPM-, DDIT3-(FISH),
PL:2/2 CPM-(FISH);
MPL: 1/1 DDIT3-,1/1 DDIT3-, EWS-(FISH)
Unclssifiable:1/1 CPM-, FUS- DDIT3-(FISH),
22 excision 8 (8/19) recurrence
5 (5/19) metastasis
6 ANED,
3 AWD,
9 DOD
3 Alive
2014 23 Chen M, et al. (11) 12:11 49 (16-72) Chest pain, cough, dyspnea, shortness of breath 8 (4-39) 10mediastinum,9 PS, 4 lung 8 WDL, 4 DDL, 8 ML,3 PL WDL:6/8 MDM2+, 6/8 CDK4+, 8/8 S100+(IHC)
DDL: 3/4 MDM2+, 3/4 CDK4+, 4/4 S100+(IHC)
ML:8/8 S100+(IHC)
17 complete excision,6 marginal excision 9(9/17) recurrence
6 (6/23) metastasis
10 DOD
2015 18 Ortega P, et al. (12) 11:7 57 (29-87) Cough, dysphagia, and chest pain 15 (6-30) 18 PM 10 WDL,3 DDL, 3 ML,2 PL WDL: 1/2 S100 +, 5/5 MDM2+(IHC);
2/2 MDM2 +(FISH)
DDL: 3/3 MDM2+, 0/3 S100+(IHC)
ML: 3/3 S100+, 0/3 MDM2+(IHC)
12 complete excision, 4 marginal excesion+RT,1 RT 3 (3/13) recurrence
3 (3/13) metastasis
7 ANED,
3 AWD,
2 DOD,
1DFU
2019 31 Fu Z et al. (13) 19:12 45 (20- 64) Chest tightness 10 (1.8-32) 16 AM, 8PM, 5 PS, 2 lung 6 WDL,3 DDL,13 ML,4PL,5Mixed-type NA 17excision,8 excision+RT,3 RT, 1 excision +CT, 2excision+RT +CT 20 (20/31) recurrence
11 (11/31) metastasis
18 DOD

M, male; F, female; NA, not available; AM, anterior mediastinum; PM, posterior mediastinum; SM, superior mediastinum; MM, middle mediastinum; MC, multiple compartments; PS, pleural space; WDL, well-differentiated liposarcoma; DDL, dedifferentiated liposarcoma; ML, myxoid liposarcoma; PL, pleomorphic liposarcoma; M-PL, myxoid pleomorphic liposarcoma; IHC, immunohistochemistry; “+” positive, “-” negative; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; RT, radiotherapy; CT, chemotherapy, ANED, alive with no evidence of disease; AWD, alive with disease; DFU, died from unrelated reasons; DOD, died of disease.