| Lipomatous tumor
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Age of onset
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Gender preponderance
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| Angiolipoma
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- Second and third decades of life
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- More commonly seen in forearm
- May also affect trunk and upper arm
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- Subcutaneous nodule
- Tender to palpation
- Less than 2 cm
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- Encapsulated, yellow nodules with a reddish tinge
- A combination of fatty tissue and vascular channels
- Fibrin thrombi is present in vascular channels
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| Myolipoma
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- Fifth and sixth decades of life
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- More commonly seen in retroperitoneum, abdomen, pelvis, inguinal region, or abdominal wall
- May also affect extremities
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- Subcutaneous mass which may also engage superficial muscular fascia
- Size differs depending on the location
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- Partially encapsulated mass with partially yellow-white cut surface
- A combination of mature adipocytes and sheets of well-differentiated smooth muscle
- No nuclear atypia
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Example #1
The patient presented with S.O.B. one year after hysterectomy for a leiomyomatous uterus.
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CT in Intravenous leiomyomatosis
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