title: Lipoblastoma and lipoblastomatosis: A clinicopathological study of six cases.
abstract: Lipoblastoma and lipoblastomatosis are benign adipocytic tumors seen in children less than 3 years of age. Awareness amongst surgeons of this fast growing lipomatous tumor in young children is important to avoid mutilating surgery and chemotherapy. Histological diagnosis of lipoblastoma is sometimes difficult because of close resemblance with myxoid, round cell, and well-differentiated liposarcoma. We came across a series of six cases of lipoblastoma/lipoblastomatosis, over the last 10 years (2002-2012). Of these, we had three cases of lipoblastomatosis, one of which recurred after 2 months. All others were resected completely and successfully.
authors.forename: Parul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Ram Narayan
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Ranajoy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Uttara
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Chhanda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: Prafulla Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Mishra
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D062689:Lipoblastoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery