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  2. Lipoma - Wikipedia

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    A lipoma is a benign tumor made of fat tissue. [1] They are generally soft to the touch, movable, and painless. [1] They usually occur just under the skin, but occasionally may be deeper. [1]

  3. Familial multiple lipomatosis - Wikipedia

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    The lipomas are well-encapsulated, slow-growing, benign fatty tumors. The distribution is defined as being focused in the trunk of the body and extremities. [2] Familial Multiple Lipomatosis can be identified when multiple lipomas occur in multiple family members that span different generations. [2] Some people may have hundreds of lipomas ...

  4. Benign symmetric lipomatosis - Wikipedia

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    Large fat deposits around the neck, and more rarely in the tongue, may negatively affect breathing, swallowing, and speaking. [11] [12] Orbital involvement is very rare, with proptosis (bulging of the eye) and persistent bilateral lumps on the eyelids. [13] [14]

  5. Pregnant Woman Discovers Lump in Breast While Applying Body ...

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    Nine months pregnant with her first child in January 2024, Marissa Sweitzer was slathering herself in body butter to prevent stretch marks when she felt a lump in her left breast. “I was ...

  6. This Is What Actually Happens To Body Fat When You Lose ... - AOL

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    Weight loss doctors explain how fat leaves the body through sweat, breath, and urine. Plus, tips to optimize fat loss, and frequently asked fat loss questions.

  7. Dercum's disease - Wikipedia

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    Dercum's disease is a rare condition characterized by multiple painful fatty tumors, called lipomas, that can grow anywhere in subcutaneous fat across the body. [1] Sometimes referred as adiposis dolorosa in medical literature, Dercum’s disease is more of a syndrome than a disease (because it has several clinically recognizable features, signs, and symptoms that are characteristic of it and ...

  8. Benign tumor - Wikipedia

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    For example, a lipoma is a common benign tumor of fat cells , and a chondroma is a benign tumor of cartilage-forming cells (chondrocytes). Adenomas are benign tumors of gland-forming cells, and are usually specified further by their cell or organ of origin, as in hepatic adenoma (a benign tumor of hepatocytes , or liver cells).

  9. Adipose tissue - Wikipedia

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    Adipose tissue (also known as body fat or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes. [1] [2] It also contains the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) of cells including preadipocytes, fibroblasts, vascular endothelial cells and a variety of immune cells such as adipose tissue macrophages.