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Neoplasms of Subcutaneous Fat at a Glance
Chapter 129
Adipocyte tumors are the most frequently encountered group of mesenchymal neoplasms. This is due to the high prevalence of lipoma and angiolipoma.
Neoplasms of Subcutaneous Fat: Introduction
Tumors range from entirely benign neoplasms (e.g., lipomas) to those of intermediate malignant potential with risk for local recurrence (e.g., atypical lipomatous tumor) to high-grade pleomorphic sarcomas (e.g., pleomorphic liposarcoma).
Lipoma
Although liposarcoma is the single most frequently encountered sarcoma, the large majority of adipocyte tumors are benign.
Lipomatosis
The clinical presentation of adipocyte tumors is generally nonspecific. Most adipocyte tumors show distinctive cytogenetic abnormalities that may be of diagnostic value.
Lipomatosis of Nerve (Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of Nerve)
Treatment is surgical excision. Adjuvant radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy may be of benefit for treatment of malignant tumors that are not amenable to complete excision or in cases of advanced disease.
Nevus Lipomatosus Superficialis Favorite Table | Print
Piezogenic Pedal Papules Precalcaneal Congenital Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma
Lipoma at a Glance Lipoma is the most common soft-tissue tumor.
Angiolipoma
It is benign and presents in adulthood as a small circumscribed mass. The anatomic distribution is wide with relative
Spindle Cell and Pleomorphic Lipoma
Histologically, the tumors are circumscribed, encapsulated, and composed of mature white adipose tissue.
sparing of the head, hands, and feet.
Chondroid Lipoma
Epidemiology
Myolipoma of Soft Tissue
Lipomas are the most common soft-tissue neoplasm. Although they affect individuals in a wide age range, they occur predominantly in adults between the ages of 40 and 60 years; presentation in childhood is rare. There is no gender predilection. Lipomas are multiple in approximately 5% of cases.1
Hibernoma Lipoblastoma/Lipoblastomatosis
Etiology and Pathogenesis
Hemosiderotic Fibrohistiocytic Lipomatous Lesion/Tumor
The majority of lipomas (approximately 75%) show karyotypic abnormalities. The cytogenetic findings are heterogeneous, but rearrangements of 12q13–15 are most common.2–4 Other affected loci are on chromosomes 6
Lipofibromatosis
and 13.2–4 Numerical abnormalities are scarce, and most tumors are diploid.
Atypical Lipomatous Tumor/WellDifferentiated Liposarcoma Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Myxoid/Round Cell Liposarcoma
Clinical Findings The most common presentation is as a painless, slowly enlarging mass involving the subcutaneous tissue of the trunk, neck, or proximal extremities. Involvement of the head, hands, and feet is uncommon. These superficial lipomas are typically small, measuring less than 5 cm.1 Lipomas may be multiple and familial and show a predilection for the arms and thighs in familial multiple lipomatosis (Fig. 129-1).5 The constellation of multiple lipomas, macrocephaly, lymphangiomas, and hemangiomas is known as Bannayan (Bannayan–Zonana) syndrome.6,7 This autosomal dominant disease shares features with other independently described entities and is
Pleomorphic Liposarcoma References
currently also referred to as Bannayan–Riley–Ruvalcaba syndrome.8,9 Further clinical findings include intestinal polyposis, genital pigmented macules, and other hamartomas. The syndrome is caused by mutations in the PTEN gene and belongs to the larger family of PTEN hamartoma-tumor syndromes, including Cowden disease.10–15 Lipomas may also be seen as a manifestation of Gardner's syndrome. Gardner's syndrome is part of the spectrum of familial adenomatous polyposis and includes extracolonic manifestations such as desmoid fibromatosis, osteomas, cysts, and lipomas. FIGURE 129-1
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