A lipoma is a lump under the skin that occurs due to an overgrowth of fat cells. Lipomas are typically harmless but people may wish to remove one that causes pain, complications, or other symptoms ...

Doctors classify lipomas as benign growths, or tumors, of fatty tissue. This means they’re not cancerous and rarely harmful. Still, if you notice a lump beneath your skin, you should see a ...

Bailey’s doctor told her the growth was lipoma, a fatty tumor that grows in the body’s immune system, and she started to panic. “I Googled it immediately, and was blown away by the photos of ...

“I get lipomas — fatty tumors once in a while ... He revealed that it seems like he has lymphoma. “Thank you all for your kind words & well wishes. I'm out of surgery & I feel good ...

Lipomas are the most common fatty tumors of the breast. But unlike many other types of tumor, lipomas have few if any symptoms. Read on to find out what breast lipomas are, what symptoms they can ...

I have a lipoma on my back, and since I’m worried about both the aesthetics and potential malignancy of the fatty tumor, I’ve decided to have it removed. After surviving two breast cancers, I now have ...

Is this passed to children? Those fatty tumors are lipomas, noncancerous growths of fat cells that spring up under the skin and range from golf-ball to tennis-ball size or larger. They can spring ...