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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
* Lipoma incidenc is 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide annually. | * Lipoma incidenc is 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide annually.<ref name="pmid6670522">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rydholm A, Berg NO |title=Size, site and clinical incidence of lipoma. Factors in the differential diagnosis of lipoma and sarcoma |journal=Acta Orthop Scand |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=929–34 |date=December 1983 |pmid=6670522 |doi=10.3109/17453678308992936 |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
* There is no available data on the prevalence of lipoma. | * There is no available data on the prevalence of lipoma. | ||
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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
Lipoma incidenc is 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide annually. Lipoma tend to affect middle age individuals, especially those of 40 to 60 years of age. It affects men at a greater extent than women.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- Lipoma incidenc is 100 per 100,000 individuals worldwide annually.[1]
Prevalence
- There is no available data on the prevalence of lipoma.
Age
- Lipoma tend to affect middle age individuals, especially those of 40 to 60 years of age.[2]
- Cutaneous lipomas are rare in children, but these tumors can occur as part of the inherited disease Bannayan-Zonana syndrome.[3][4]
Gender
- Lipoma affects men at a greater extent than women.[1]
Race
- Lipoma develops in all races equally.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rydholm A, Berg NO (December 1983). "Size, site and clinical incidence of lipoma. Factors in the differential diagnosis of lipoma and sarcoma". Acta Orthop Scand. 54 (6): 929–34. doi:10.3109/17453678308992936. PMID 6670522.
- ↑ Salam GA (March 2002). "Lipoma excision". Am Fam Physician. 65 (5): 901–4. PMID 11898962.
- ↑ Buisson P, Leclair MD, Jacquemont S; et al. (September 2006). "Cutaneous lipoma in children: 5 cases with Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome". J. Pediatr. Surg. 41 (9): 1601–3. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.05.013. PMID 16952599.
- ↑ Gujrati M, Thomas C, Zelby A, Jensen E, Lee JM (August 1998). "Bannayan-Zonana syndrome: a rare autosomal dominant syndrome with multiple lipomas and hemangiomas: a case report and review of literature". Surg Neurol. 50 (2): 164–8. doi:10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00039-1. PMID 9701122.