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The removal can often be done under local anesthetic and takes less than 30 minutes. This cures the great majority of cases, with about 1–2% of lipomas recurring after excision. [28] Liposuction is another option if the lipoma is soft and has a small connective tissue component.
[10] [17] The fat deposited around the front of the neck is known as Madelung's collar or horse collar. [13] [5] Fat deposited on the back of the neck between the shoulder blades is known as a dorsocervical fat pad or buffalo hump. [13] [18] Fat deposited in the parotid region is known as hamster cheeks. [10]
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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 ...
The only effective treatments for lipomas caused by familial multiple lipomatosis are liposuction or surgical removal. [6] Steroid injections may also be used to shrink the tumors by causing local fat atrophy. [7] Patients with the condition often seek removal when the lipomas are large, disfiguring, or cause pain. [2]
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]
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 ...
Chondroid lipoma is an uncommon soft tissue fatty tumor that can develop in deeper or superficial tissues. It often manifests as a painless mass. [ 3 ] The subcutis , superficial muscular fascia , or skeletal muscles of the limbs and limb girdles, trunk, head, and neck are where the majority of lesions are located. [ 4 ]