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*May mimic a malignancy.<ref name=pmid15510605>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Persichetti | first1 = P. | last2 = Di Lella | first2 = F. | last3 = Marangi | first3 = GF. | last4 = Cagli | first4 = B. | last5 = Simone | first5 = P. | last6 = Tenna | first6 = S. | last7 = Rabitri | first7 = C. | last8 = Cassandro | first8 = R. | last9 = Esposito | first9 = V. | title = Pleomorphic lipoma: a definite histopathological entity. | journal = Anticancer Res | volume = 24 | issue = 5B | pages = 3157-9 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 15510605 }}</ref>
*May mimic a malignancy.<ref name=pmid15510605>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Persichetti | first1 = P. | last2 = Di Lella | first2 = F. | last3 = Marangi | first3 = GF. | last4 = Cagli | first4 = B. | last5 = Simone | first5 = P. | last6 = Tenna | first6 = S. | last7 = Rabitri | first7 = C. | last8 = Cassandro | first8 = R. | last9 = Esposito | first9 = V. | title = Pleomorphic lipoma: a definite histopathological entity. | journal = Anticancer Res | volume = 24 | issue = 5B | pages = 3157-9 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 15510605 }}</ref>
*Classically shoulder and neck region in adults.<ref>URL: [http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=435 http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=435]. Accessed on: 3 October 2011.</ref>
*Classically shoulder and neck region in adults.<ref>URL: [http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=435 http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=435]. Accessed on: 3 October 2011.</ref>
*Male > female.<ref name=pmid18181679>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Syed | first1 = S. | last2 = Martin | first2 = AM. | last3 = Haupt | first3 = H. | last4 = Podolski | first4 = V. | last5 = Brooks | first5 = JJ. | title = Frequent detection of androgen receptors in spindle cell lipomas: an explanation for this lesion's male predominance? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 1 | pages = 81-3 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[81:FDOARI]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18181679 }}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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*Fibrous septa.
*Fibrous septa.


Image:  
Notes:
*May overlap with ''spindle cell lipoma''.<ref name=spc_stanford>URL: [http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/softfat/spindle_cell_lipoma/ http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/softfat/spindle_cell_lipoma/]. Accessed on: 4 December 2010.</ref>
*Floret cell - may look similar to [[Touton giant cell]]s.
 
Images:  
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=435&n=1 Pleomorphic lipoma - low mag. (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=435&n=1 Pleomorphic lipoma - low mag. (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=435 Pleomorphic lipoma - high mag. (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=435 Pleomorphic lipoma - high mag. (webpathology.com)].


Notes:
DDx:
*May overlap with ''spindle cell lipoma''.<ref name=spc_stanford>URL: [http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/softfat/spindle_cell_lipoma/ http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/softfat/spindle_cell_lipoma/]. Accessed on: 4 December 2010.</ref>
*[[Liposarcoma]].
*Floret cell - may look similar to [[Touton giant cell]]s.
*Ancient [[neurofibroma]].
*Ancient [[schwannoma]].
 
===IHC===
*AR +ve - ~95% in men, ~85% in women.<ref name=pmid18181679>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Syed | first1 = S. | last2 = Martin | first2 = AM. | last3 = Haupt | first3 = H. | last4 = Podolski | first4 = V. | last5 = Brooks | first5 = JJ. | title = Frequent detection of androgen receptors in spindle cell lipomas: an explanation for this lesion's male predominance? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 1 | pages = 81-3 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[81:FDOARI]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18181679 }}</ref>


==Spindle cell lipoma==
==Spindle cell lipoma==
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