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  2. Lipoma - Wikipedia

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    This lipoma was removed from the thigh of a 39-year-old male patient. It measured about 10 cm in diameter at the time of removal. In the center is a section of skin that was removed with the lipoma.

  3. Lipomatosis - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  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 ...

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  6. Adenolipoma - Wikipedia

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    The presence of eccrine sweat glands are used to distinguish the tumor from a common lipoma. Size and the development of the capsule (tissue surrounding the tumor) can also aid in diagnosis. Size and the development of the capsule (tissue surrounding the tumor) can also aid in diagnosis.

  7. People would speak to her growth rather than make eye contact, and to make matters worse, the visual effects were compounded by “a skin-crawling itch” that she says felt like “torture”.

  8. 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] The symmetrical fat deposits are made of unencapsulated lipomas , which distinguishes it from typical lipomatosis which has encapsulated lipomas that ...

  9. 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 ...