TUMORS. 



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Alicroscopic sections of lipomatous tissue closelj' resemljle 

 normal adipose tissue, excejit that the cells may be laroer and 

 perhaps more irregular in shape. As in normal adipose tissue 

 the adipose cells are supported by connective tissue cells and 

 fi1)res. The application of Sudan III and osmic acid gives 

 further proof of the composition of the cells. 



Lipomata may be multiple but they are typical benign tumors, 

 t!:ougii (leatli may result fn-m the mechauicnl effects produced 



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i.ilioina Iri.un ununluni 

 01: adipose cells. 



ox, showing 



by them. The}' do not form metastases. Subserous lipomata pro- 

 duce \-orvuli which terminate fatally in horses. Large periton- 

 eal or omental lipomata of the ox and dog freqtientlv cause sufli- 

 cient displacement of the abdominal organs to materially de- 

 range their function. Subcutaneous carpal lipomata in the horse 

 ma\- become so large that thev mechanicall)- interfere with loco- 

 motion. Lipomata ma\- have a fibrinous infiltration and organ- 

 izati'in resulting in lipomatous elephantiasis. 



