title: Lipoblastoma presenting as a rapidly growing paravertebral mass and masquerading as myxoid liposarcoma on fine needle aspiration cytology.
abstract: Lipoblastoma is a peculiar variant of lipoma occurring almost exclusively during infancy and early childhood. It is found most commonly in the upper and lower extremities; less common sites are head and neck, trunk, mediastinum, and retroperitoneum. It has a greater predilection for boys and commonly presents as a slowly growing soft-tissue mass. We present here the case of a five- year old female child with a lipoblastoma presenting as a paravertebral mass in the right lower back which progressed rapidly in the previous six months causing diagnostic difficulty on fine needle aspiration cytology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Subramanian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalaivani Selvi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Prita
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Nachiappa Ganesh
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Rajesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Debasis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gochhait
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Adarsh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barwad
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D062689:Lipoblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D018208:Liposarcoma, Myxoid / Q000473:pathology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: fine needle aspiration cytology; lipoblastoma; myxoid liposarcoma