title: The morphological spectrum of tumors of adipose tissue: A pathological analysis of 685 tumors.
abstract: Over a seven-year period, 1093 cases of tumors of soft-tissue origin were recorded by the Pathology Department of King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar. Of these, detailed histopathological analysis was performed on 685 tumors of adipose-tissue origin removed from 640 patients. Of the 45 multiple tumors, 31 were angiolipomas and 14 were lipomas. Of the total tumors there were 579 lipomas removed from 565 patients, 889 angiolipomas removed from 58 patients, three spindle-cell lipomas, four pleomorphic lipomas, two myelolipomas, two angiomyolipomas, and six liposarcomas. The majority of adipose-tissue tumors occurred in males, for a ratio of 3:1, and dominantly affected patiens in the age range 16 to 60 years (overall mean age, 37 years). The most common site affected was the trunk. The histological subtypes as correlated to their clinical parameters are presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Satti