| Lipoma
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Etiology
•Unknown.
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Pathogenesis
•Unknown.,
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Epidemiology
•Common tumors of adult individuals.
•Occur at all ages.
•Males and females equally affected.
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General Gross Description
•May
occur anywhere in the body, most often in the subcutaneous tissues.
•Llobulated yellow mass, surrounded by a thin
capsule.
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
•Adult, mature, histologically
normal looking adipocytes.
•Examples:
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th edition. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 1262.
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| Lipoma
| | Synopsis by: T.V. Rajan M.D. Ph.D. (T1X500M88500)[83]
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