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Differential diagnoses
VetBooks.ir • Panniculitis/steatitis and fat necrosis
Sarcoma of other origin
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• Amelanotic and ballooning melanoma
• Granular cell tumour
• Sebaceous carcinoma
• Clear cell carcinoma
• Myxoma/myxosarcoma (for myxoid liposarcoma)
• Histiocytic sarcoma (for pleomorphic liposarcoma)
Pearls and Pitfalls
Sudan and Oil Red O stain can be used on unfixed slides to confirm the lipid origin of the
intracytoplasmic vacuoles of neoplastic cells.
Fig. 9.15. Dog. Liposarcoma. Note the fine pink/eosinophilic cytoplasmic granulations within the neoplastic cells.
Wright-Giemsa.
