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Lipoblastoma presenting as a rapidly growing paravertebral mass and masquerading as myxoid liposarcoma on fine needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Kalaivani Selvi Subramanian,
Pradhan Prita,
Rajesh Nachiappa Ganesh,
Gochhait Debasis,
Barwad Adarsh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.23435
Subject(s) - lipoblastoma , medicine , myxoid liposarcoma , lipoma , fine needle aspiration , fine needle aspiration cytology , mediastinum , trunk , upper trunk , soft tissue , cytology , liposarcoma , anatomy , radiology , pathology , sarcoma , biopsy , ecology , brachial plexus , biology
Lipoblastoma is a peculiar variant of lipoma occurring almost exclusively during infancy and early childhood. It is found most commonly in the upper and lower extremities; less common sites are head and neck, trunk, mediastinum, and retroperitoneum. It has a greater predilection for boys and commonly presents as a slowly growing soft‐tissue mass. We present here the case of a five‐ year old female child with a lipoblastoma presenting as a paravertebral mass in the right lower back which progressed rapidly in the previous six months causing diagnostic difficulty on fine needle aspiration cytology. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2016;44:426–429. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.