title: [Spindle cell lipoma].
abstract: A 74-year-old patient presenting with a subcutaneous tumor on his right upper arm is reported. Clinical examination led to the suspicion of a lipoma, cyst, and subcutaneous metastasis. Microscopical and immunohistological investigations allowed diagnosis of the tumor as a spindle cell lipoma. The most important aspect of differential diagnosis of this benign tumor is the exclusion of liposarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landthaler
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Braun-Falco
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
vernacular_title: Spindelzellipom.