Spindle cell lipoma

Spindle cell lipoma is an asymptomatic, slow-growing subcutaneous tumor that has a predilection for the posterior back, neck, and shoulders of older men.

[1]: 625 [2] Spindle cell lipoma is most frequently located in the upper back, shoulder, or posterior neck subcutaneous layer.

[3] Nonetheless, reports of it occurring in the mediastinum, hypopharynx, larynx, anterior neck, suprasellar region, esophagus, nasal vestibule, tongue, floor of mouth, vallecula, parotid gland, and breast have been made.

[3] The diagnosis of spindle cell lipoma is mainly made in conjunction with clinical presentation and after other malignant tumors have been ruled out using cytologic, histologic, and cytogenetic evidence.

[6] According to histology, the lesion is made up of tiny, homogeneous spindle cells and mature adipocytes combined with eosinophilic collagen bundles inside a myxoidstroma.