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==Overview==
==Overview==
There are no specific [[Medical laboratory|laboratory]] [[Test|tests]] for the [[diagnosis]] of liposarcoma. [[Patient|Patients]] with [[ureteral]] or [[renal]] involvement can have an elevated [[creatinine]]. [[Anemia]] and [[BUN|elevated BUN]] may be present in [[Patient|patients]] with liposarcoma assoicated with [[gastrointestinal bleeding]]. Elevated [[D-dimer]] level.


==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==
 
*There are no specific [[Medical laboratory|laboratory]] [[Test|tests]] for the [[diagnosis]] of liposarcoma.  
===Biopsy===
*[[Patient|Patients]] with [[ureteral]] or [[renal]] involvement can have an elevated [[creatinine]].<ref>{{Cite journal
Although imaging assists in the diagnosis of liposarcoma, a biopsy is needed to confirm the disease and determine the histopathological subtype of liposarcoma.  
| author = [[Kazim Duman]], [[Mustafa Girgin]] & [[Gokhan Artas]]
 
| title = A case report: Giant intra-abdominal liposarcoma presenting acute renal failure
{|
| journal = [[Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)]]
|[[File:Well Differentiated Liposarcoma.jpg|thumb|250px|Well Differentiated Liposarcoma.  Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.]]
| volume = 12
|[[File:Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma.jpg|thumb|250px|Dedifferentiated LiposarcomaImage courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.]]
| pages = 90–93
|[[File:Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma 2.jpg|thumb|250px|Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma.  Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.]]
| year = 2016
|-
| month = December
|[[File:Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma 3.jpg|thumb|250px|Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma.  Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.]]
| doi = 10.1016/j.amsu.2016.09.005
|[[File:Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma 4.jpg|thumb|250px|Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.]]
  | pmid = 27942382
|}
}}</ref>
 
*[[Anemia]] and [[BUN|elevated BUN]] may be present in [[Patient|patients]] with liposarcoma assoicated with [[gastrointestinal bleeding]].<ref name="NennstielMollenhauer2014">{{cite journal|last1=Nennstiel|first1=Simon|last2=Mollenhauer|first2=Martin|last3=Schlag|first3=Christoph|last4=Becker|first4=Valentin|last5=Neu|first5=Bruno|last6=Hüser|first6=Norbert|last7=Gertler|first7=Ralf|last8=Schmid|first8=Roland M.|last9=von Delius|first9=Stefan|title=Small Bowel Pleomorphic Liposarcoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding|journal=Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine|volume=2014|year=2014|pages=1–4|issn=2090-6528|doi=10.1155/2014/391871}}</ref>
===Laboratory Tests===
*Elevated [[D-dimer]] level.<ref>{{Cite journal
| author = [[Akira Yoshiyama]], [[Takeshi Morii]], [[Takashi Tajima]], [[Takayuki Aoyagi]], [[Keita Honya]], [[Kazuo Mochizuki]], [[Kazuhiko Satomi]] & [[Shoichi Ichimura]]
| title = D-dimer Levels in the Differential Diagnosis Between Lipoma and Well-differentiated Liposarcoma
  | journal = [[Anticancer research]]
| volume = 34
| issue = 9
| pages = 5181–5185
| year = 2014
| month = September
| pmid = 25202112
}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Overview

There are no specific laboratory tests for the diagnosis of liposarcoma. Patients with ureteral or renal involvement can have an elevated creatinine. Anemia and elevated BUN may be present in patients with liposarcoma assoicated with gastrointestinal bleeding. Elevated D-dimer level.

Laboratory Findings

References

  1. Kazim Duman, Mustafa Girgin & Gokhan Artas (2016). "A case report: Giant intra-abdominal liposarcoma presenting acute renal failure". Annals of medicine and surgery (2012). 12: 90–93. doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2016.09.005. PMID 27942382. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Nennstiel, Simon; Mollenhauer, Martin; Schlag, Christoph; Becker, Valentin; Neu, Bruno; Hüser, Norbert; Gertler, Ralf; Schmid, Roland M.; von Delius, Stefan (2014). "Small Bowel Pleomorphic Liposarcoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding". Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. 2014: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2014/391871. ISSN 2090-6528.
  3. Akira Yoshiyama, Takeshi Morii, Takashi Tajima, Takayuki Aoyagi, Keita Honya, Kazuo Mochizuki, Kazuhiko Satomi & Shoichi Ichimura (2014). "D-dimer Levels in the Differential Diagnosis Between Lipoma and Well-differentiated Liposarcoma". Anticancer research. 34 (9): 5181–5185. PMID 25202112. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)


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