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These cells were positive for lipid as evidenced with oil red-O. The lipid droplets were also present within the hepatocytes that comprised the hepatic plates trapped within or surrounding many of the lipomatous lesions. At the margins of many of the lesions there were spindle-shaped cells that contained small intracytoplasmic lipid vacuoles. These cells were often within a stromal matrix that had focal areas of collagen and mucopolysaccharides, as evidenced by weak staining with Masson's trichrome and periodic acid-Schiff's stains, respectively. There was also disruption of the reticulum fibers in many of the lesions, as noted with a Gomori's reticulum stain. Ultrastructurally, cytoplasmic organelles, such as rough endoplasmic reticulum, free ribosomes and small lipid vacuoles, were present in the spindle-shaped cells, whereas signet-ring-shaped cells had few discernible organelles due to peripheral compression of the cytoplasm by single large vacuoles occupying the cytoplasmic space. The spindle-shaped cells were free of lysosomes. Thin collagen fibers were seen in contact with some of the spindle-shaped cells and were located between these cells and adjacent hepatocytes, or endothelial cells lining sinusoidal capillaries. A distinct basal lamina was not associated with spindle- or signet-ring-shaped cells. Similar lipomatous lesions were not found in other visceral organs. 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