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Lipomas have a prevalence of roughly 2 out of every 100 people. [2] Lipomas typically occur in adults between 40 and 60 years of age. [1] Males are more often affected than females. [1] They are the most common noncancerous soft-tissue tumor. [5] The first use of the term "lipoma" to describe these tumors was in 1709. [6]
Removal can include simple excision, endoscopic removal, or liposuction. [ 1 ] Other entities which are accompanied by multiple lipomas include Proteus syndrome , Cowden syndrome and related disorders due to PTEN gene mutations, benign symmetric lipomatosis ( Madelung disease ), Dercum's Disease, familial lipodystrophy , hibernomas , epidural ...
Reconstructive, medically necessary liposuction is used to treat lipedema, [7] to remove excess fat in the chronic medical condition lymphedema, [8] and to remove lipomas from areas of the body. [9] [10] Many articles refer to liposuction as "cosmetic" and not reimbursable by medical insurance companies. Most of this information is outdated.
The rate of increase in both health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs have declined in the employer-based market. For example, premiums increased at an annual rate of 5.6% from 2000-2010, but 3.1% from 2010-2016.
Benign symmetric lipomatosis, also known as Madelung's disease, is an adult-onset skin condition characterized by extensive symmetric fat deposits in the head, neck, and shoulder girdle area. [1]
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 ...
When a consumer purchases a health insurance policy, there is a moral hazard risk because the consumer may utilize too much medical care because the full cost of care is defrayed (i.e. he/she has a lower marginal cost for care than the open market). [17]
In this system, health care costs are first paid for by an allotment of money provided by the employer in an HSA or HRA. Once health care costs have used up this amount, the consumer pays for health care until the deductible is reached, after this point, it operates similar to a typical PPO. Once the out-of-pocket maximum is reached, the health ...