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| Common complications of lipoma include [[bleeding]], [[ulceration]], malignant transformation, and recurrence. Prognosis is generally excellent. | | Common complications of lipoma include |
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| * Lipomas are rarely life-threatening and the common subcutaneous lipomas are not a serious condition. Lipomas growing in internal organs can be more dangerous. <ref>{{cite journal |author=Thompson WM |title=Imaging and findings of lipomas of the gastrointestinal tract |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=184 |issue=4 |pages=1163–71 |date=1 April 2005|pmid=15788588 |url=http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15788588 |doi=10.2214/ajr.184.4.01841163}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Taylor AJ, Stewart ET, Dodds WJ |title=Gastrointestinal lipomas: a radiologic and pathologic review |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=155 |issue=6 |pages=1205–10 |date=1 December 1990|pmid=2122666 |url=http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=2122666 |doi=10.2214/ajr.155.6.2122666}}</ref> | | * |
| * Malignant transformation of lipomas into [[liposarcoma]]s is very rare and most liposarcomas are not produced from pre-existing benign lesions. A few cases of malignant transformation have been described for bone and kidney lipomas,<ref>{{cite journal |author=Milgram JW |title=Malignant transformation in bone lipomas |journal=Skeletal Radiol. |volume=19 |issue=5 |pages=347–52 |year=1990 |pmid=2165632 |doi=10.1007/BF00193088}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Lowe BA, Brewer J, Houghton DC, Jacobson E, Pitre T |title=Malignant transformation of angiomyolipoma |journal=J. Urol. |volume=147 |issue=5 |pages=1356–8 |date=May 1992 |pmid=1569683}}</ref> but it is possible these few reported cases were well-differentiated liposarcomas in which the subtle [[malignant]] characteristics were missed when the tumour was first examined.<ref name="Enzinger08">{{cite book |author=Goldblum, John R.; Weiss, Sharon W.; Enzinger, Franz M. |title=Enzinger and Weiss's soft tissue tumors |publisher=Mosby Elsevier |year=2008 |isbn=0-323-04628-2 |edition=5th}}</ref>
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| * Deep lipomas have a greater tendency to recur than superficial lipomas, because complete surgical removal of deep lipomas is not always possible.<ref>{{cite book |author=Fletcher, C.D.M., Unni, K.K., Mertens, F. |title=Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone |publisher=IARC Press |location=Lyon |year=2002 |isbn=92-832-2413-2 |series=World Health Organization Classification of Tumours |volume=4}}</ref>
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Overview
Common complications of lipoma include
Natural History
Complications
The complications of lipoma listed below:
Prognosis
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