lipomas

Benign fatty tumors

Lipomas are benign fatty tumors that form just beneath the skin.

They feel soft and rubbery, move slightly when pressed, and typically cause no pain.

Lipomas grow slowly and rarely require treatment unless they become bothersome or unsightly: The doctor said the lump on my arm was just a lipoma.

Singular: lipoma.

medical

benign

Not harmful or threatening

tumorAbnormal tissue mass
fattyHigh in lipids
subcutaneousBelow the skin

growth · soft · movable · biopsy · excision · diagnosis · ultrasound · MRI · dermatologist · surgeon

treatment

excision

Cutting out of tissue

surgeryInvasive medical procedure
liposuctionSurgical fat suctioning
steroidFour-ringed organic compound

injection · observation · monitoring · watchful · waiting · removal · outpatient · local · anesthesia · incision

anatomical

skin

Body's outer layer

backReverse side; support
neckHead-body junction
shouldersUpper arm joints

arms · torso · thighs · forehead · trunk · abdomen · chest · scalp · axilla · buttocks

conditions

familial

Pertaining to relatives

multipleConsisting of many parts
hereditaryPassed through generations
syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern

Gardner · Proteus · spindle · cell · genetic · predisposition · obesity · associated

Categories

body fatbody fat, fat tissue, fatty tissue, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat
growthsgrowth, growths, tumor, tumors, tumour
skin conditionseczema, psoriasis, hives, dermatitis, rash
Skin Pathologyskin biopsy, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, skin cancer, dermatitis

Opposites

malignancy

lipomasmalignant tumors

Invasive cancerous growths

sarcomas · carcinomas · melanomas · lymphomas · malignancies

tissue composition

lipomasfibromas

Benign connective tissue growths

osteomas · hemangiomas · myomas · neuromas · adenomas

Family

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Rated G