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adipocyte

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adipocyte /ad·i·po·cyte/ (-sīt″) fat cell.
ad·i·po·cyte (d-p-st)
n.
See fat cell.
adipocyte
[ad′ipōsīt′]
a fat (adipose) cell, potentially containing a large fat vacuole consisting mainly of triglycerides.
adipocyte
a cell specialized for the storage of fat; the fat is stored in a large cytoplasmic vesicle.
embryonic adipocyte
develop in the subcutis during the second half of pregnancy.


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Our patient had an adipocytic WDL; on microscopic examination, his tumor clearly demonstrated the classic histopathologic characteristics of liposarcomas: variably sized mature adipocytes, widened fibrous septa, lipocytic atypia and, most important, lipoblasts with multivacuolated cytoplasm and scalloped nuclei (figure 2).
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