PMC3932122_01
PMC3932122_02
A supraclavicular basicervical tumour
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This lesion measured approximately 9 cm in its maximum diameter; we found no cervical, supraclavicular or axillary node (Figure 1).
Cervical CT scann view of a heterogeneous, well-defined lesion with hypervascularity
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CT neck showed a 46 x 69 x 91 mm left supraclavicular mass posterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle and superficial to the paravertebral muscles, of fatty density with fine internal septations (Figure 2 and Figure 3).
Macroscopic view of the specimen
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CT neck showed a 46 x 69 x 91 mm left supraclavicular mass posterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle and superficial to the paravertebral muscles, of fatty density with fine internal septations (Figure 2 and Figure 3).
Histologic image: HESx250: multivacuolated brown fat cells with prominent nuclei
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There was no atypia and mitoses were rare (Figure 4), the tumour had a thick intact capsule consisting of collagenousconnective tissue.