Lipoma (definition)

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Definition: A benign tumor composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It can be surrounded by a thin layer of connective tissue (encapsulated), or diffuse without the capsule.

solitary neoplastic; for non-neoplastic see LIPOMATOSIS; coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)

Other names Lipoma, Pleomorphic; Hibernoma; Fatty Tumor; Tumors, Fatty; Tumor, Fatty; Pleomorphic Lipomas; Pleomorphic Lipoma; Lipomatas; Lipomas, Pleomorphic; Lipomas, Atypical; Lipomas; Lipoma, Atypical; Hibernomas; Fatty Tumors; Atypical Lipomas; Lipomata; Atypical Lipoma

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
Nasopalpebral lipoma coloboma syndrome	0	Abnormalities, Multiple Coloboma Eyelid Neoplasms Lipoma.
Lipomatous hemangiopericytoma	0	Hemangiopericytoma Lipoma *Rectal Neoplasms.
Median cleft lip, corpus callosum, lipoma, and skin polyps	0	Cleft Lip Coloboma Lipoma Nasal Polyps Skin Diseases Agenesis of Corpus Callosum.

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