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  2. Lipoma - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Lipomatosis - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, a genetic polymorphism within lipomas was localized to chromosome 12q15, where the HMGIC gene encodes the high-mobility-group protein isoform I-C. [2] This is one of the most commonly found mutations in solitary lipomatous tumors but lipomas often have multiple mutations. Reciprocal translocations involving chromosomes 12q13 and 12q14 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Benign symmetric lipomatosis - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. 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 ...

  7. Pleomorphic lipoma - Wikipedia

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    Most cases of pleomorphic lipoma are seen in the subcutaneous tissue of the back, shoulder, and posterior neck. [2] Less commonly, it can also happen in odd places like the tongue, [3] vulva, [4] palm, [5] tonsillar fossa, [6] orbit, [7] and oral cavity. [8] The lesion usually presents as a subcutaneous lump that is circumscribed, like the ...

  8. Wisconsin Big Boy, featuring shakes, Big Boy beer and ... - AOL

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    This 2,000-square-foot restaurant is in Sussex at N63 W23675 Main St. It held a soft opening on Tuesday. A view of the interior of the new Wisconsin Big Boy in Sussex. The restaurant held a soft ...

  9. Spindle cell lipoma - Wikipedia

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    Spindle cell lipoma is most frequently located in the upper back, shoulder, or posterior neck subcutaneous layer. [3] Nonetheless, reports of it occurring in the mediastinum, hypopharynx, larynx, anterior neck, suprasellar region, esophagus, nasal vestibule, tongue, floor of mouth, vallecula, parotid gland, and breast have been made. [4]