JISC case 00333


  • Female, 54 years old
  • Clinical details:
    The patient, a very obese woman, was a known diabetic with hypertension, who died of renal failure and pericarditis. An incidental finding at necropsy was a nodule in the liver. Externally the liver was normal. On section, there was a round yellow nodule, 3/4 inch in diameter, in the right lobe. It was well demarcated without appearing to be encapsulated, was smooth and glistening and looked like fat.
  • Diagnosis:
    The nodule is composed of mature adipose tissue. There is no capsule and near the edge, atrophic liver cells are incorporated in the growth. The remainder of the liver shows no evidence of fatty change. Lipoma.
  • Review diagnosis:
    Lipoma of the Liver - very rare. See Peters,Wm. Dixon MF; Williams N.(1982) Angiomyolipoma of liver. Histiopathology (In Press)
  • System:
    Liver and Biliary Tract
  • Specimen:
    Excision
  • Date:
    1949

  • Published paper:
    The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, Volume 63, Issue 2 (p 336-337)

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