Diagnosis and Surgical Management of a Retroperitoneal Lipoma in Pregnancy

Figure 4

(a) Mature adipocytes that vary little in size from one another. Thin fibrous septa are seen separating the lobules. (b) The adipocyte nucleus is bland, small, and compressed against the periphery of the cell by the large fat vacuole. (c) Area of fat necrosis with foamy histiocytes surrounding and reacting to damaged adipocytes.

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