Lipoma

Lipoma is a benign growth made up of fatty cells. It is normally non-cancerous in nature and commonly occurs under the skin. In contrast to tumors of the epidural space, most intradural mass lesions are slow-growing and benign. Meningiomas and neurofibromas account for most of these lesions, with occasional cases representing chordoma, lipoma, dermoid, or sarcoma.

Lipomas have been identified in all age groups but usually first appear between 40 and 60 years of age. Lipomas are soft to the touch, sometimes moveable, and are generally painless.

Treatrment of Lipoma

Most lipomas are asymptomatic, can be diagnosed with clinical examination and do not require treatment. Steroid injections result in local fat atrophy, thus shrinking the lipoma. Liposuction can be used to remove small or large lipomatous growths, particularly those in locations where large scars should be avoided.

Amyloidosis
Connective tissue naevi
Dermatofibroma
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Ehler's Danlos syndrome
Elastosis perforans serpiginosa
Keloids & hypertrophic scars
Lipodystrophy
Lipoma
Mastocytoma
Neurofibroma
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Reactive perforating collagenosis
Striae (stretch marks)
Eosinophilic fasciitis
Erythema multiforme
Histiocytoses
Jessner's lymphocytic infiltrate
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Lymphocytoma cutis
Lymphomatoid papulosis
Mastocytosis
Morphoea
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Panniculitis
Reticulohistiocytosis
Sweet's disease
Systemic sclerosis
Atypical mycobacterial infection
Granuloma faciale
Granuloma annulare
Cutaneous tuberculosis
Leprosy
Pyogenic granuloma
Sarcoidosis