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Infiltrating lipomas and angiolipomas revisited
Author(s) -
Dionne G. Paul,
Seemayer Thomas A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197403)33:3<732::aid-cncr2820330319>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - medicine , liposarcoma , adipose tissue , lipoma , angiolipoma , malignant transformation , soft tissue , wide local excision , surgical excision , pathology , subcutaneous fat , radiology , sarcoma
Twenty‐seven soft tissue tumors composed of benign adipose tissue are presented featuring extensive local invasion and recurrence. Infiltrating angiolipomas and infiltrating lipomas are two distinct entities with different clinical and histologic features. The surgical approach demands wide local excision assisted by frozen section analysis to assure adequacy of removal. Extensive histologic sampling is mandatory to demonstrate the infiltrative character of the tumor and yet eliminate from consideration liposarcoma with which it may be confused. Although locally recurrent, neither has yet undergone malignant transformation.