Lipoblast
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A lipoblast is a precursor cell for an adipocyte.[1]
Alternate terms include adipoblast[2] and preadipocyte.[3]
Early stages are almost indistinguishable from fibroblasts.[4]
- Lipoblasts (white arrow) and lipocytes (black arrow), in a case of lipoblastoma
- Histopathology of liposarcoma, H&E stain, with the main features:[5]
- Spindle cells with enlarged, hyperchromatic nuclei.
- Apparently univacuolated adipocytes (may look normal).
- Lipoblasts (multivacuolated), but neither necessary nor sufficient for diagnosis of liposarcoma.