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The most common symptom of lipoma is a | The most common symptom of lipoma is an asymptomatic slowly growing mass with a soft consistency. However, the deep lipoma may be symptomatic depending on their site and size. | ||
==History and Symptoms== | |||
==History== | * Lipoma usually presents with an asymptomatic slowly growing mass and typically less than 10 cm.<ref>{{cite book | last = Miettinen | first = Markku | title = Modern soft tissue pathology : tumors and non-neoplastic conditions | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9780521874090 }}</ref><ref name="PhalenKendrick1971">{{cite journal|last1=Phalen|first1=George S.|last2=Kendrick|first2=James I.|last3=Rodriguez|first3=Juan M.|title=Lipomas of the upper extremity|journal=The American Journal of Surgery|volume=121|issue=3|year=1971|pages=298–306|issn=00029610|doi=10.1016/0002-9610(71)90208-X}}</ref> | ||
* They have a soft consistency and are usually painless. | |||
== | * Pain may be present in the case of peripheral nerve compression by the lipoma. | ||
* | * Deep lipoma may be symptomatic depending on their site and size. Symptoms may include: | ||
* | ** Feeling of fullness and discomfort on motion | ||
** Restriction of movement | |||
** Dyspnea or palpitation in mediastinal lipoma | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Surgery]] | [[Category:Surgery]] |
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Overview
The most common symptom of lipoma is an asymptomatic slowly growing mass with a soft consistency. However, the deep lipoma may be symptomatic depending on their site and size.
History and Symptoms
- Lipoma usually presents with an asymptomatic slowly growing mass and typically less than 10 cm.[1][2]
- They have a soft consistency and are usually painless.
- Pain may be present in the case of peripheral nerve compression by the lipoma.
- Deep lipoma may be symptomatic depending on their site and size. Symptoms may include:
- Feeling of fullness and discomfort on motion
- Restriction of movement
- Dyspnea or palpitation in mediastinal lipoma
References
- ↑ Miettinen, Markku (2010). Modern soft tissue pathology : tumors and non-neoplastic conditions. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521874090.
- ↑ Phalen, George S.; Kendrick, James I.; Rodriguez, Juan M. (1971). "Lipomas of the upper extremity". The American Journal of Surgery. 121 (3): 298–306. doi:10.1016/0002-9610(71)90208-X. ISSN 0002-9610.