Research Article

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization for MDM2 Amplification as a Routine Ancillary Diagnostic Tool for Suspected Well-Differentiated and Dedifferentiated Liposarcomas: Experience at a Tertiary Center

Table 2

Comparison of histological tumor type and FISH results.

Histological diagnosisTotal MDM+MDM−MDM2−, with multiple copies of CEP12 and MDM2 signals

Benign122911320
 Lipoma764729
 Intramuscular lipoma122100
 Spindle cell lipoma170175
 Pleomorphic lipoma9275
 Fat necrosis2020
 Lipoblastoma2020
 Lipoleiomyoma1011
 Hibernoma1010
 Nevus lipomatosis1010
 Fibroadipose tissue/scar 2110
Liposarcoma145137810
 WDL737125
 DDL696633
 Myxoid LPS2020
 Pleomorphic LPS1012
Equivocal cases34 (including 1 technical fail)10230
 Possible WDL/DDL196130
 Probable/suspected WDL/DDL154100
Other soft tissue sarcomas/malignancies 64 (including 2 technical fails)144826
 Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma 2852114
 Spindle cell sarcoma (NOS)192178
 Rhabdomyosarcoma5322
 Solitary fibrous tumor3121
 Leiomyosarcoma3121
 Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor2110
 Osteosarcoma1100
 Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor1010
 Poorly differentiated carcinoma2020