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* Encapsulated, yellow nodules with a reddish tinge
* Encapsulated, yellow nodules with a reddish tinge
* A combination of fatty tissue and vascular channels
* A combination of fatty tissue and vascular channels
* Fibrin thrombi is present in  vascular channels
* Fibrin thrombi is present in  vascular channels (characteristic finding)


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* A combination of mature adipocytes and sheets of well-differentiated smooth muscle
* A combination of mature adipocytes and sheets of well-differentiated smooth muscle
* No nuclear atypia
* No nuclear atypia
*Sieve-like appearance at low magnification (due to interspersed location of smooth muscle component)


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Revision as of 20:17, 13 November 2019

Lipomatous tumor Age of onset Gender preponderance Location Clinical features Diagnostic feature(s) Other features
Angiolipoma
  • Second and third decades of life
  • Male > female
  • More commonly seen in forearm
  • May also affect trunk and upper arm
  • Subcutaneous nodule
  • Tender to palpation
  • Less than 2 cm
  • Encapsulated, yellow nodules with a reddish tinge
  • A combination of fatty tissue and vascular channels
  • Fibrin thrombi is present in vascular channels (characteristic finding)
  • Benign
Myolipoma
  • Fifth and sixth decades of life
  • Female > male
  • More commonly seen in retroperitoneum, abdomen, pelvis, inguinal region, or abdominal wall
  • May also affect extremities
  • Subcutaneous mass which may also engage superficial muscular fascia
  • Size differs depending on the location
  • Partially encapsulated mass with partially yellow-white cut surface
  • A combination of mature adipocytes and sheets of well-differentiated smooth muscle
  • No nuclear atypia
  • Sieve-like appearance at low magnification (due to interspersed location of smooth muscle component)
  • Benign
  • It is usually large and located in the deep soft tissues


Example #1

The patient presented with S.O.B. one year after hysterectomy for a leiomyomatous uterus.