Difference between revisions of "Adipocytic tumours"

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*Collection of mature adipocytes.
*Collection of mature adipocytes.
**Variation of size may be seen -- should prompt a search for lipoblasts.<ref name=pmid8548119>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mentzel | first1 = T. | last2 = Fletcher | first2 = CD. | title = Lipomatous tumours of soft tissues: an update. | journal = Virchows Arch | volume = 427 | issue = 4 | pages = 353-63 | month =  | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 8548119 }}</ref>
**Variation of size may be seen -- should prompt a search for lipoblasts.<ref name=pmid8548119>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mentzel | first1 = T. | last2 = Fletcher | first2 = CD. | title = Lipomatous tumours of soft tissues: an update. | journal = Virchows Arch | volume = 427 | issue = 4 | pages = 353-63 | month =  | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 8548119 }}</ref>
DDx:
*[[Liposarcoma]].
*Benign adipose tissue.


Notes:
Notes:
*Microscopically ''not'' definitely distinguishable from mature clump of fat.
*Microscopically ''not'' definitely distinguishable from mature clump of fat.
**The lesion must be labeled ''lipoma'' (by the clinican) to be signed-out as such.
**The lesion must be labeled ''lipoma'' (by the clinican) to be signed-out as such.
DDx:
*[[Liposarcoma]] - chickenwire-like vessels, fibrous septae.
*Benign adipose tissue.


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