Soft Tissue Tumors
A 55-year-old male presents with a slowly enlarging mass in his posterior thigh noticed over 18 months. Examination reveals a 12cm soft, non-tender, deep mass. MRI shows a predominantly fatty mass with thin internal septations and a small nodular non-fatty component. Regarding lipoma and lipomatous tumors:
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Simple lipomas are the most common soft tissue tumor in adults; they are composed of mature adipocyt...
Features concerning for atypical lipomatous tumor (ALT) or well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLS) in...
Atypical lipomatous tumor (ALT) and well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLS) are biologically differen...
The distinction between ALT and WDLS is based on anatomical location: tumors in surgically amenable ...
Intramuscular lipoma is a deep lipoma that infiltrates between muscle fibers; it may recur locally a...
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