Lipoma chondroides

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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chondroid lipoma

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Rare, benign, slow-growing, painless adipose tissue tumor located in deep soft tissue or subcutaneously, showing aspects of both embryonic adipose tissue and embryonic cartilage tissue.

Occurrence/EpidemiologyThis section has been translated automatically.

Adult women are affected predominantly, children less frequently.

LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.

Extremities, rarely trunk or head and neck area, oral cavity (tongue)

HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.

Lobular, encapsulated tumour consisting of mature adipocytes, numerous lipoblasts and granular, multivacuolar eosinophil cells embedded in a partly myxoid, partly chondroid stroma. Often a chromosomal t(11;16)(q13;p13) translocation with a C11orf95-MKL2 fusion is detectable.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Choi DL et al (2013) A painless right supraclavicular mass. Chondroid lipoma (CL). JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 139:1069-1070.
  2. Flucke U et al (2013) Presence of C11orf95-MKL2 fusion is a consistent finding in chondroid lipomas: a study of eight cases. Histopathology 62: 925-930.
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  4. Villarroel Dorrego M et al (2014) Chondroid lipoma of the tongue: a report of two cases. Oral Maxillofac Surgery 18:219-222.
  5. Yaranal PJ et al (2013) Chondroid lipoma of the thigh: a report of two cases. Indian J Pathol microbiol 56:464-465.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer