Difference between revisions of "Adipocytic tumours"

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*[[Liposarcoma]].
*[[Liposarcoma]].
=====Myolipoma=====
=====Myolipoma=====
May mimic a sarcoma radiologically.<ref>URL: [http://www.webmedcentral.com/article_view/1878 http://www.webmedcentral.com/article_view/1878]. Accessed on: 14 March 2013.</ref>
*May mimic a sarcoma radiologically.<ref>URL: [http://www.webmedcentral.com/article_view/1878 http://www.webmedcentral.com/article_view/1878]. Accessed on: 14 March 2013.</ref>
*Extremely rare.<ref name=pmid15371618>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Murphey | first1 = MD. | last2 = Carroll | first2 = JF. | last3 = Flemming | first3 = DJ. | last4 = Pope | first4 = TL. | last5 = Gannon | first5 = FH. | last6 = Kransdorf | first6 = MJ. | title = From the archives of the AFIP: benign musculoskeletal lipomatous lesions. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 24 | issue = 5 | pages = 1433-66 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1148/rg.245045120 | PMID = 15371618 | url = http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/24/5/1433.long }}</ref>
*Usually large ~ 16 cm.<ref name=pmid1703396>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Meis | first1 = JM. | last2 = Enzinger | first2 = FM. | title = Myolipoma of soft tissue. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 121-5 | month = Feb | year = 1991 | doi =  | PMID = 1703396 }}</ref>


Microscopic:
Microscopic:<ref name=pmid15371618/>
*Mature adipose tissue.
*Mature adipose tissue.
*Muscle present.
*Benign smooth muscle - usually ~ 2x amount of fat.
 
IHC:<ref name=pmid15371618/>
*Actin +ve.
*Desmin +ve.


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