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Lipoma

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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
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
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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