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Case Reports
. 2022 Jun 13:79:103960.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103960. eCollection 2022 Jul.

A case report of spindle cell lipoma

Rema AlRashed  1 , Abdullah Albdah  2 , Feras Alsannaa  3
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Case Reports

A case report of spindle cell lipoma

Rema AlRashed et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .

Abstract

Spindle cell lipoma (SCL) is an uncommon benign tumor. A 67-year-old male with multiple comorbidities, presented with a complain of swelling in the neck, which was excised, and the diagnosis of spindle shape lipoma was made based on pathological examination.

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Figures

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Fig. 1
Hypoechoic mass in ultrasound imaging, on the back of the neck.
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Shows mature adipocytes, collagen bundles and spindle cells.
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