Angiolipomas are typically subcutaneous and often painful. Because they lack the typical cytogenetic abnormalities seen in ordinary lipomas, some have speculated that they may actually be of vascular origin but with an abundant lipomatous component.
Synopsis
mature adipose tissue admixed with multiple small capillaries, many of which contain fibrin thrombi.
Differential diagnosis
- spindle cell lipoma
hemangiomas
Kaposi sarcoma
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