A patient presents with a painless, well circumscribed, movable tumor the size of a golf ball on her shoulder. The physician takes a biopsy and the histological image is as displayed. The diagnosis is

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A patient presents with a painless, well circumscribed, movable tumor the size of a golf ball on her shoulder. The physician takes a biopsy and the histological image is as displayed.  The diagnosis is

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The histological image shows adipose tissue, indicating a benign tumor of adipocytes, which is consistent with a lipoma. The painless, well-circumscribed, and movable nature of the tumor also supports a diagnosis of lipoma. Chondroma, rhabdomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, and melanoma would have different histological features and clinical presentations.

A Patient Presents with a Painless, Well Circumscribed, Movable Tumor