Low-fat and fat-free Pleomorphic lipomas: A diagnostic challenge

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 423-426

  Sachdeva, Mandi P ^a   Goldblum, John R ^b   Rubin, Brian P ^b   Billings, Steven D ^a,b  

^a Departments of Dermatology

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat free pleomorphic lipoma; Low fat pleomorphic lipoma; Pleomorphic lipoma; Spindle cell lipoma

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL FIBROBLASTOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPOMA; MALE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; MYXOMA; NOSE TUMOR; PLEOMORPHIC LIPOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEA; SARCOMA; SHOULDER DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSARCOMA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GIANT CELL TUMORS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROSACEA;

EID: 69849106089     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181a129b7     Document Type: Article

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