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*Rare.
*Rare.
*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>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Multinucleated cells - "floret cells".
*Multinucleated cells - "floret cells" - '''key feature'''.
**Very ugly looking cells.
**Solid eosinophilic cytoplasm.
**Peripheral nuclei - impart a knobby border to the cells.
*Fibrous septa.
*Fibrous septa.


Image: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970321-7&figureId=fig9 Floret cells in a pleomorphic lipoma (pathconsultddx.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970321-7 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970321-7]. Accessed on: 4 December 2010.</ref>
Image:  
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=435&n=1 Pleomorphic lipoma (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=435 Pleomorphic lipoma (webpathology.com)].


Notes:
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>
*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.


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