"Question ID","Question","Discussion","Answer","Year" "20110012","Reportability--Sarcoma: Is ""atypical lipomatous tumor/well-differentiated liposarcoma"" reportable? See Discussion.","

The final diagnosis for a soft tissue excision is, ""atypical lipomatous tumor/well-differentiated liposarcoma"". The Comment section states, ""Atypical lipomatous tumor/well differentiated liposarcoma has a significant risk for local recurrence, but no metastatic potential.""

Per the 2010 SEER Manual, page 3, example 4: The pathologist makes the final decision about the behavior for a particular case. In this case, the pathologist uses both a reportable and a non-reportable term in the final diagnosis and in the comment section of the pathology report. Does the pathologist's comment impact the behavior and reportability of this tumor?

","For cases diagnosed 1/1/2014 and later: Atypical lipomatous tumor (8850/1) is not reportable. If the pathologist uses the term ""well-differentiated liposarcoma"" (8851/3) report the case. Use of this terminology indicates a less favorable prognosis.","2011"