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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
* Approximately one percent of the general population has a lipoma.<ref name=emedicine2720>{{EMedicine|med|2720|Lipomas}}</ref> | * Approximately one percent of the general population has a lipoma.<ref name="emedicine2720">{{EMedicine|med|2720|Lipomas}}</ref> | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
* These tumors can occur at any age, but are most common in middle age, often appearing in people from 40 to 60 years old.<ref name=Salam>{{cite journal |author=Salam GA |title=Lipoma excision |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=65 |issue=5 |pages=901–4 |date=March 2002 |pmid=11898962 |url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020301/901.html}}</ref> | * These tumors can occur at any age, but are most common in middle age, often appearing in people from 40 to 60 years old.<ref name="Salam">{{cite journal |author=Salam GA |title=Lipoma excision |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=65 |issue=5 |pages=901–4 |date=March 2002 |pmid=11898962 |url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020301/901.html}}</ref> | ||
* Cutaneous lipomas are rare in children, but these tumors can occur as part of the inherited disease [[Bannayan-Zonana syndrome]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Buisson P, Leclair MD, Jacquemont S, ''et al.'' |title=Cutaneous lipoma in children: 5 cases with Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome |journal=J. Pediatr. Surg. |volume=41 |issue=9 |pages=1601–3 |date=September 2006 |pmid=16952599 |doi=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.05.013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Gujrati M, Thomas C, Zelby A, Jensen E, Lee JM |title=Bannayan-Zonana syndrome: a rare autosomal dominant syndrome with multiple lipomas and hemangiomas: a case report and review of literature |journal=Surg Neurol |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=164–8 |date=August 1998 |pmid=9701122 |doi= 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00039-1|url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0090-3019(98)00039-1}}</ref> | * Cutaneous lipomas are rare in children, but these tumors can occur as part of the inherited disease [[Bannayan-Zonana syndrome]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Buisson P, Leclair MD, Jacquemont S, ''et al.'' |title=Cutaneous lipoma in children: 5 cases with Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome |journal=J. Pediatr. Surg. |volume=41 |issue=9 |pages=1601–3 |date=September 2006 |pmid=16952599 |doi=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.05.013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Gujrati M, Thomas C, Zelby A, Jensen E, Lee JM |title=Bannayan-Zonana syndrome: a rare autosomal dominant syndrome with multiple lipomas and hemangiomas: a case report and review of literature |journal=Surg Neurol |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=164–8 |date=August 1998 |pmid=9701122 |doi= 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00039-1|url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0090-3019(98)00039-1}}</ref> | ||
=== Gender === | |||
* There is no difference in occurence of lipoma in men and women. | |||
=== Race === | |||
* Lipoma develops in all races equally. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Lipoma is a common disease. Patients of all age groups may develop it, however its more common occur in middle age, especially people from 40-60 years old.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- Approximately one percent of the general population has a lipoma.[1]
Age
- These tumors can occur at any age, but are most common in middle age, often appearing in people from 40 to 60 years old.[2]
- Cutaneous lipomas are rare in children, but these tumors can occur as part of the inherited disease Bannayan-Zonana syndrome.[3][4]
Gender
- There is no difference in occurence of lipoma in men and women.
Race
- Lipoma develops in all races equally.
References
- ↑ Lipomas at eMedicine
- ↑ 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.