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==Overview==
==Overview==
 
The mainstay of therapy includes simple [[excision]], [[liposuction]], and [[subcutaneous]] [[deoxycholate]] injection.
==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==
Usually no treatment is necessary for a lipoma unless the tumor becomes painful or restricts movement. Medical therapy of lipoma treatments includes:
* Usually, treatment is not necessary for a lipoma unless the [[mass]] becomes painful or restricts movement.  
 
* Medical therapy of lipoma includes:<ref name="pmid10359246">{{cite journal |vauthors=Wilhelmi BJ, Blackwell SJ, Mancoll JS, Phillips LG |title=Another indication for liposuction: small facial lipomas |journal=Plast. Reconstr. Surg. |volume=103 |issue=7 |pages=1864–7 |date=June 1999 |pmid=10359246 |doi=10.1097/00006534-199906000-00008 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16310057">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rotunda AM, Ablon G, Kolodney MS |title=Lipomas treated with subcutaneous deoxycholate injections |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=973–8 |date=December 2005 |pmid=16310057 |doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2005.07.068 |url=}}</ref>
*Steroid injections: This treatment can only shrink the lipoma  but can not completely eliminate the lump.
:* Simple [[excision]]
 
:* [[Subcutaneous]] [[deoxycholate]] injection
==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2]

Overview

The mainstay of therapy includes simple excision, liposuction, and subcutaneous deoxycholate injection.

Medical Therapy

  • Usually, treatment is not necessary for a lipoma unless the mass becomes painful or restricts movement.
  • Medical therapy of lipoma includes:[1][2]

References

  1. Wilhelmi BJ, Blackwell SJ, Mancoll JS, Phillips LG (June 1999). "Another indication for liposuction: small facial lipomas". Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 103 (7): 1864–7. doi:10.1097/00006534-199906000-00008. PMID 10359246.
  2. Rotunda AM, Ablon G, Kolodney MS (December 2005). "Lipomas treated with subcutaneous deoxycholate injections". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 53 (6): 973–8. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2005.07.068. PMID 16310057.


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