lipoma

Lipoma

Epidemiology

 

F>M

 

3rd - 6th decade

 

Site

 

More frequent proximal

 

Most frequent

- thenar eminence 

- proximal phalanx

 

Findings

 

Non tender, mobile, soft

 

Does not transilluminate

 

Investigations

 

Lipoma

Definition

 

Benign adipose tumour

 

Epidemiology

 

Most common mesenchymal neoplasm

- arise from normal fat

- appears during adulthood

 

Clinical

 

80% subcutaneous

- shoulder girdle & proximal thigh most common sites

- well circumscribed mobile, round masse

 

Condition

 

Durcen's Disease