- A
lipoma is a
benign tumor made of fat tissue. They are
generally soft to the touch, movable, and painless. They
usually occur just
under the skin, but...
- into adipocytic/
lipoma-like, sclerosing, and
inflammatory variants with adipocyte/
lipoma-like
being the most common. Adipocytic/
lipoma-like ALT/WDL tumors...
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Chondroid lipomas are deep-seated, firm,
yellow tumors that
characteristically occur on the legs of women. They
exhibit a
characteristic genetic translocation...
- is
characterized by the
formation of
multiple lipomas that
occur in a
particular distribution. The
lipomas are well-encapsulated, slow-growing,
benign fatty...
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Pleomorphic lipomas, like spindle-cell
lipomas,
occur for the most part on the
backs and
necks of
elderly men, and are
characterized by
floret giant cells...
-
Spindle cell
lipoma is an asymptomatic, slow-growing
subcutaneous tumor that has a
predilection for the
posterior back, neck, and
shoulders of
older men...
-
people will have a
lipoma within their lifetime. The
cause of
lipomas is not well defined.
Genetic or
inherited causes of
lipomas play a role in around...
- include:[citation needed]
Benign lipoblastomatosis, a tumor, also
known as an
embryonic lipoma,
which usually occurs in
children under three years old. This is the tumor...
- true liposarcoma. This
lesion has been
called a
fetal lipoma,
lipoma of
embryonic fat or a
lipoma of
immature fat.
Complete surgical excision is the treatment...
-
autosomal dominant condition in
which multiple lipomas are
present on the body. Many discrete,
encapsulated lipomas form on the
trunk and extremities, with relatively...
