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Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (heart rhythm disorder). It may cause no symptoms but it is often associated with palpitations fainting chest pain or […]

Pleomorphic lipomas like spindle-cell lipomas occur for the most part on the backs and necks of elderly men and are characterized by floret giant cells with overlapping nuclei.

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

Chondroid lipomas are deep-seated firm yellow tumors that characteristically occur on the legs of women.

Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans is persistent pigmented asymptomatic eruption of macules usually less than 0.5cm in diameter with a slightly reddish-brown tinge.

Atypical fibroxanthoma of the skin is a low-grade malignancy related to malignant fibrous histiocytoma which it resembles histologically.

Angioma serpiginosum is characterized by minute copper-colored to bright red angiomatous puncta that have a tendency to become papular.

Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (also known as Masson’s hemangio-endotheliome vegetant intravasculaire Masson’s lesion Masson’s pseudoangiosarcoma Masson’s tumor and Papillary endothelial hyperplasia) may mimic angiosarcoma with lesions that are red or […]

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (also known as: Epithelioid hemangioma Histiocytoid hemangioma Inflammatory angiomatous nodule Intravenous atypical vascular proliferation Papular angioplasia Inflammatory arteriovenous hemangioma and Pseudopyogenic granuloma) usually presents with pink […]

Benign lipoblastomatosis (also known as an Embryonic lipoma) is a tumor frequently confused with a liposarcoma affecting exclusively infants and young children with approximately 90% occurring before 3 years of […]