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Diseases » Lipoma » Summary
 

What is Lipoma?

What is Lipoma?

  • Lipoma: Tumor of fat cells usually just under the skin.
  • Lipoma: A benign, encapsulated lipomatous tumor composed of mature adipose (fatty) tissue. -- 2003
    Source - Diseases Database

Lipoma: Introduction

Types of Lipoma:

Broader types of Lipoma:

How serious is Lipoma?

Prognosis of Lipoma: Usually benign and harmless
Complications of Lipoma: see complications of Lipoma

What causes Lipoma?

Causes of Lipoma: see causes of Lipoma

What are the symptoms of Lipoma?

Symptoms of Lipoma: see symptoms of Lipoma

Complications of Lipoma: see complications of Lipoma

Lipoma: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Lipoma.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Lipoma.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Lipoma: see treatments for Lipoma

Organs Affected by Lipoma:

Organs and body systems related to Lipoma include:

Name and Aliases of Lipoma

Main name of condition: Lipoma

Other names or spellings for Lipoma:

Adipose tumor
Source - WordNet 2.1

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