Lipoma
Definition
- Abnormal mass or masses composed of mature adipocytes. Other elements may also be present
Diagnostic Criteria
- The typical lipoma is an encapsulated mass of mature adipocytes, causing no diagnostic problem
- Select below for descriptions of variants
- Histologic variants
- Variants defined by location
- Multiple lipomas
- Following are described as separate clinicopathologic entities
- I'm sure there are more variants, let me know if I missed one
- With apologies to JBS Haldane, apparently Somebody is inordinately fond of lipomas...
Robert V Rouse MD
Department of Pathology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford CA 94305-5342
Original posting : July 29, 2007
Last update: Feb 15, 2017
