case 1
gross description :
- yellow fatty, tumor (neoplasm)
- what made you call it tumor? abnormal growth
- swelling, grwoth which looks like a mass of tissue, covered by a capsule, thin capsule
- cut section of this mass is → homogenous cut surface which is yellow
- homogenous (looks the same, all over)
- heterogenous (different areas)
- tissue resemlbes → fat
- yellow, soft
lipoma (benign neoplasm of adipose tissues)
beni
microscopic pciture:
- fat (adipocytes)
- this is a higher power view of h&e stain
- lobules of fat made of mature adipocytes
- small little nucleus at the periphery (rest of the cell is empty) → fat dissolved with preparation
capsule → for a neoplasm, benign, always has a capsule (normal fat shouldn’t have a capsule!)
q:
- examine under microscope
- lipoma
case 2