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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Lipoma must be differentiated from liposarcoma, normal adipose tissue, adrenal myelolipoma, angiomyolipoma, and thymolipoma.

Differentiating Lipoma from other Diseases

In general there is little differential for a classic lipoma. The main differential is[1]:

In certain locations then other fatty masses should be considered :

  • Retroperitoneum
  • Chest
  • Thymolipoma

References

  1. Lipoma.Dr Ahmed Abd Rabou and Dr Frank Gaillard, et al. Radiopaedia.org 2015.http://radiopaedia.org/articles/lipoma


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