Lipoma

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Background information on Lipoma

A lipoma is a benign tumor composed of fatty tissue. The most common kind (known as "superficial subcutaneous") is located just below the surface of the skin, although lipomas are found anywhere in the body that fat is located. The tendency to develop lipomas is generally hereditary, although some doctors believe that minor injury may trigger their growth.

Lipomas are soft to the touch, sometimes moveable, and are generally painless. They grow very slowly, and have not been found to become cancerous. Often, treatment of a lipoma is not necessary, unless the tumor becomes painful or restricts movement. Many people have them removed for cosmetic reasons. However, if the capsule of the lipoma is not completely removed during the surgery, it may grow back.

A lipoma may be removed by simple excision, but liposuction is another option that often results in less scarring.
News Articles on Lipoma



Plainville man accused of taking dead neighbor's ID  -  26 Mar 2008
Attleboro Sun Chronicle,Adrianna Lipoma, Civitarese's cousin, said she was in court for support but knew nothing about the charges. "He's trying to lead a clean life.

Pet Corner  -  Mar 23, 2008
Stabroek News,Last week we successfully excised a Lipoma that was the size of a duck's egg from a 13 year old German Shepherd. We will continue next week with other types

Two county fencers headed to nationals for UCSD  -  Mar 15, 2008
Santa Cruz Sentinel,Aptos High student Emily Lipoma also qualified to represent UCSD, and the other four fencers are all from the Bay Area. They make up the most fencers UCSD

Pets, too, get cancer  -  Mar 4, 2008
The Argus,Unfortunately, some folks, including a few veterinarians, have propagated the myth that any soft tumor is a lipoma. Within the last two weeks,

Fighting Irish Fencers Head To NCAA Championships  -  Mar 12, 2008
CSTV.com,2008 Season Recap and Highlights: 15-0 at Air Force Duals, with wins over NCAA Competitors Florence Lee and Emily Lipoma (UC-San Diego)...11-6 at NYU Duals,

Gastroduodenal Intussusception Secondary to Pedunculated Gastric ...  -  Mar 21, 2008
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)5 – 11 Most of them were benign tumors such as lipoma and inflammatory fibroid polyps. 6 , 8 – 10 In this case, gastroduodenal intussusception secondary to

LOCAL COLLEGES NOTES  -  Mar 9, 2008
North County Times,The event in Columbus, Ohio, starts Thursday. Senior epee specialist Emily Ambort and senior foil Chelsea Lipoma won their events at the NCAA West Regional.

Pet Corner  -  Mar 9, 2008
Stabroek News,On the other hand, there is the 'lipoma' (cancer in fatty tissue) and the 'adenoma' (cancer in glandlike structures) that are really benign tumours,

Disease is an altered state of body and mind, which may be due to ...  -  Feb 29, 2008
Chennai Online,...like tendency to catch cold, to stone formation in kidney and gall bladder, to growths like warts, lipoma, infections like sinusitis, boils, headache,

Interpectoral Venous Angioma Presenting as a Breast Mass  -  Feb 26, 2008
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)An unusual case of an intramuscular lipoma of the pectoralis major muscle simulating a malignant breast mass. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34:275–276.

Dutchtown scores late to edge Falcons  -  Dec 26, 2007
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,Daigre Lipoma scored off a through ball from Ricky Lawrence in the 75th minute, lifting the Griffins to a 1-0 win over Ben Franklin Saturday afternoon at

Griffins answer HHS in District 6-I opener  -  Dec 7, 2007
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,Daigre Lipoma's shot from 23 yards out just missed the upper right corner with 37:35 left in the second half. Hahnville's Zachary Landry got a loose ball

Spartans reach semifinals at Bayou Invitational  -  Nov 28, 2007
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,Daigre Lipoma headed in the corner kick to Kidd. Kidd came out of the net to make a sliding save of a shot by Lawrence after Lawrence took a deep ball by

Trigger Finger Due to Tenosynovitis From Mycobacterium Kansasii ...  -  Dec 14, 2007
Ortho SuperSite,Reported causes in the literature include idiopathic, lipoma, osteochondroma, neurilemmoma, giant cell tumor, foreign body granuloma, bone exostosis,

the largest colonic lipoma to date  -  Oct 27, 2007
HULIQ,...(3) the most common age is the fifth or sixth decades of life; (4) the most typical site for solitary colonic lipoma is the ascending colon (45.5%);

ask dr. h | lumps called lipomas are benign  -  Nov 12, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,...they are not necessarily associated with obesity, and losing weight won't affect them. if a lipoma has been present for a number of years without change

admins, students cope with unstable campus conditions  -  Oct 29, 2007
The UCSD Guardian Online,...“i think the canceling of classes did [it] for the most part, but poor air quality was likely a contributing factor for some students,� he said. lipoma and

dr. gott: 'fatty tumors' should be removed  -  Nov 3, 2007
Northwest Herald,...some physicians use injectable steroids. the steroids cause the lipoma to shrink. enucleation can also be used for small lesions. it is done by making a

griffins blank catholic, advance to first quarterfinals  -  Nov 21, 2007
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,..."guys like luke favorite and patrick lipoma who laid the foundation for this program, we were going to defend it. we weren't going to give it up.

journal of the american podiatric medical association  -  Nov 16, 2007
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (subscription)...such as plantar fibroma, lipoma, other soft-tissue tumors, and, now, pyogenic granuloma. the clinician must remain vigilant in the pursuit of thorough

Lipoma Arborescens of the Suprapatellar Bursa and Extensor ...  -  Sep 27, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Lipoma arborescens (diffuse articular lipomatosis) is a rare intra-articular lesion consisting of subsynovial villous proliferation of mature fat cells.

Different conditions may cause a miscarriage ASK DR. H MITCHELL HECHT  -  Oct 1, 2007
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,The feel of a lipoma is soft, rubbery and freely movable within the surrounding tissues. To an experienced doctor, a lipoma looks and feels like a lipoma.

Sonographic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of a Chondroid ...  -  Sep 27, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)We suggested a differential diagnosis of a hypervascular lipoma, liposarcoma, or vascular leiomyoma, and a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans was included as

Sims breaks unwritten rule at Sound Transit  -  Oct 4, 2007
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),According to Ladenburg, the whole regional package would be dumped unless people could drive from Lipoma to Tillicum. Ladenburg prevailed and now,

Sclerosing Lipogranuloma of the Scrotum Sonographic Findings and ...  -  Aug 22, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)The differential diagnosis included intrascrotal lipoma or a benign adenomatoid tumor of the tunica. The patient underwent surgical resection of the mass,

Healing Ailments With Herbs  -  Jul 24, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...flu and the seemingly complicated ones like keloids (extensive scars) and lipoma (swellings similar to what Buwule suffered), cardiac arrest and asthma.

Popular medic is fighting fit  -  Jun 29, 2007
Bourne Local,Mr Sunner (51) returned to work at the Hereward Group Practice in Bourne on Monday after suffering a lipoma in his stomach, which is a benign growth.

GRAHAM: Arson believed to be cause of smoky plastic pipes fire  -  Jun 25, 2007
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),The fire began between 2 pm and 3 pm in a vacant lot near a new subdivision off Meridian Avenue East near the Lipoma Firs Golf Course, KIRO reported.

Try your hand at surgery: chance to perform virtual surgical ...  -  Jul 3, 2007
Imperial College London,Visitors will also be able to stitch a wound, or remove a fatty lump under the skin known as a lipoma, on an actor. The actors will be wearing a strapped-on

If gallstones don't hurt, leave them alone  -  Jul 2, 2007
NorthJersey.com,Since you've had them for so long and since they've remained stable, you don't have to rush for a confirmation of the lipoma diagnosis, but, at some time,

A few of his favourite things; Roddie’s passions  -  May 25, 2007
Cape Breton Post,It was a fatty deposit called a lipoma. Although it is classified as a fatty tumor and is likely to slowly enlarge over time, it is completely benign and

Pubic lipomas: a new manifestation of lipodystrophy?  -  May 16, 2007
Aidsmap,The study was limited by not having a clear clinical definition of pubic lipoma using more sophisticated diagnostics, by not having a larger prospective

Be cautious with breast abnormality  -  May 8, 2007
Monterey County Herald,Dear Dr. Gott: I have had a lipoma below my left breast for about five years. It is the size of a small lemon, and there is no pain or discomfort.

Will green dreams pay off?  -  Jun 3, 2007
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),Locally, the North Shore and Lipoma Firs golf courses could give way to houses in coming years due to the struggling industry and the skyrocketing value of

Course development still going strong  -  27 Apr 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer,The 27-hole Lipoma Firs in Puyallup has submitted plans to redevelop the 202-acre facility into upward of 1600 homes. The same destiny may await North Shore

Intraosseous Lipoma of the Left Frontoethmoidal Sinuses and Nasal ...  -  Apr 6, 2007
AJNR (subscription),...lipomas are very rare slow-growing benign tumors that may appear as congenital lesions or may be acquired (metaplasia from a pre-existing lipoma).

Waguespack crowned Miss Ascension Bicentennial, wins Ascension ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,Regan Wild was first alternate, Dallas Lipoma, second alternate, and Emilie Schwing won for best fashion. Jaylyn Roberts was named queen of the 5 to

Sonographic Findings of Groin Masses  -  Apr 25, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)The most common benign tumor of the inguinal region was a lipoma. Other benign tumors of the groin included leiomyomas, dermoid cysts, epidermoid cysts,

Funky course gets a reprieve  -  Apr 12, 2007
Seattle Times,The owners of Lipoma Firs in Puyallup admit their course will someday be homes, not fairways. A few years ago, I met with members of the long-gone Olympic

Hurdlers highlight record-setting day  -  Apr 4, 2007
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,Baige Lipoma, Stacia Palmer, Cheryl Pigion and Rachel Jimenez placed third in the 1600 relay in 4:23.34. Hahnville eclipsed the old meet mark by winning in

Specialist training for junior doctors is still a lottery  -  Mar 15, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,These include surgery for varicose veins, haemorrhoids, lipoma, sebaceous cysts, gallstones, carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger, plus many others.

Lady Griffins rally late to capture EA Relays  -  Mar 21, 2007
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,After Katie Quinn placed third in the 3200, the Lady Griffins' 4x400 team of Rachel Jimenez, Baige Lipoma, Cheryl Pigion and Heather Taylor wrapped up the

Dutchtown takes season-opening sweep at Relays  -  Mar 7, 2007
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,The Lady Griffins' 4x400 squad of Cheryl Pigion, Morgan Lymon, Baige Lipoma and Lacey Babin crossed the finish line first in 4:40.01.

Nigeria: Mesotherapy  -  Feb 5, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...cellulite reduction, scar revision, wrinkle elimination, lipoma reduction and to correct uneveness, divots and lumps that may develop after liposuction.

Children Desert Classrooms Due To Hernia Outbreak  -  Feb 1, 2007
Joy Online,...included two undescended testis, one each of multiple lipoma, uterine fibroid, goitre, vaginal prolapse, epididimitis and Burkitt’s lymphoma of the jaw.

Surgical Interventions For Patients With Strange Swellings  -  Jan 30, 2007
Daily Graphic,The statement said the remaining eight non-hernia cases included two undescended testis, one each of multiple lipoma, uterine fibroid, goitre,

Raring to face the world  -  Dec 24, 2006
Kansas City Star,He searched Google and found a name: nasopalpebral lipoma-coloboma syndrome. The syndrome had been reported in Venezuela and Turkey.

Dutchtown rallies for tie with Captain Shreve in Invite  -  Nov 29, 2006
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,Daigre Lipoma missed wide left on a header off a pass from Fruge in the 20th minute. Willis was also wide left on a shot off a touch from Martinez a minute

Dutchtown rallies for tie with Captain Shreve in Invite  -  Nov 29, 2006
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,...half but failed to score. Daigre Lipoma missed wide left on a header off a pass from Fruge in the 20th minute. Willis was also wide ...

Postcircumcision Granuloma A Rare Cause of a Penile Mass in a Boy  -  Nov 22, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)...lesions. Benign solid tumors of the penis include angioma, fibroma, lipoma, myoma, and different kinds of dermatologic lesions. ...

Be vigilant about pet lumps  -  Nov 15, 2006
Canyon Courier,A lump that can be easily moved from side to side under your hands and fingers is a characteristic usually seen with a benign lipoma (fat tumor) or cyst. ...

Be vigilant about pet lumps  -  Nov 15, 2006
Canyon Courier,A lump that can be easily moved from side to side under your hands and fingers is a characteristic usually seen with a benign lipoma (fat tumor) or cyst. ...

Unilever NV indirectly controls 67.5 pct in Greek unit Elais after ...  -  Oct 26, 2006
Forbes,Stock Exchange. Unilever NV controls Unilever Hellas, which holds 21.85 pct of Elais, and Lipoma BV, which has a 45.65 pct. Unilever ...

Postseason possibilities add to STA-DTHS rivalry  -  Oct 25, 2006
Gonzales Ascension Citizen,...five touchdowns. Patrick Lipoma had 201 yards and two scores, while Freddie Frazier rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns. This ...

Heart to Heart  -  Oct 19, 2006
Orangeville Citizen,I ran my fingers over a familiar lump along the collarbone. I'm told it's called a lipoma, and becomes common as we grow older. ...

Clear Cell Papillary Cystadenoma With Sonographic and ...  -  Oct 23, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Although relatively rare, the most common epididymal tumors to consider are leiomyoma, adenomatoid tumors, lipoma, rhabdomyoma, lymphoma, and lymphangioma. ...



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