title: Intermuscular chondrolipoma of the thigh: the diagnostic way of a rare entity.
abstract: Cartilaginous metaplasia in lipomas (chondrolipoma) is rare and mainly encountered in large-sized, long-standing lipomas. Chondrolipomas can be found at almost any site of the body, particularly in the connecting tissue of the skeletal system, breast, pharynx, and nasopharynx. We report on an intermuscular tumor of the thigh in a patient who suffered from lipomatosis in his past medical history. We describe how the diagnosis of chondrolipoma was reached and discuss the differential diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany. carsten.boltze@medizin.uni-magdeburg.de
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boltze
authors.forename: Arndt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hribaschek
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lippert
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roessner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002812:Chondroma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008067:Lipoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013848:Thigh / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor