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  2. Benign symmetric lipomatosis - Wikipedia

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    [10] [17] The fat deposited around the front of the neck is known as Madelung's collar or horse collar. [13] [5] Fat deposited on the back of the neck between the shoulder blades is known as a dorsocervical fat pad or buffalo hump. [13] [18] Fat deposited in the parotid region is known as hamster cheeks. [10]

  3. Lipoma - Wikipedia

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    Lipomas have a prevalence of roughly 2 out of every 100 people. [2] Lipomas typically occur in adults between 40 and 60 years of age. [1] Males are more often affected than females. [1] They are the most common noncancerous soft-tissue tumor. [5] The first use of the term "lipoma" to describe these tumors was in 1709. [6]

  4. Spindle cell lipoma - Wikipedia

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    Spindle cell lipoma is most frequently located in the upper back, shoulder, or posterior neck subcutaneous layer. [3] Nonetheless, reports of it occurring in the mediastinum, hypopharynx, larynx, anterior neck, suprasellar region, esophagus, nasal vestibule, tongue, floor of mouth, vallecula, parotid gland, and breast have been made. [4]

  5. Chondroid lipoma - Wikipedia

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    Chondroid lipoma is an uncommon soft tissue fatty tumor that can develop in deeper or superficial tissues. It often manifests as a painless mass. [3] The subcutis, superficial muscular fascia, or skeletal muscles of the limbs and limb girdles, trunk, head, and neck are where the majority of lesions are located. [4]

  6. Doctors told woman, 21, her growing neck mole was 'nothing ...

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    What are the symptoms of skin cancer? Woman diagnosed with melanoma at 21 after mole on neck suddenly began growing, getting darker. Her mother saw the changes.

  7. Serena Williams reveals she had grapefruit-sized cyst ... - AOL

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    Serena Williams is opening up about a recent health scare, revealing she had a grapefruit-sized cyst removed from her neck. Williams, 43, shared in a TikTok video Tuesday that she first noticed a ...

  8. Familial multiple lipomatosis - Wikipedia

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    The lipomas are well-encapsulated, slow-growing, benign fatty tumors. The distribution is defined as being focused in the trunk of the body and extremities. [2] Familial Multiple Lipomatosis can be identified when multiple lipomas occur in multiple family members that span different generations. [2] Some people may have hundreds of lipomas ...

  9. Benign tumor - Wikipedia

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    Lipomas are usually diagnosed clinically, although imaging (ultrasound, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance imaging) may be utilized to assist with the diagnosis of lipomas in atypical locations. [24] The main treatment for lipomas is surgical excision, after which the tumor is examined with histopathology to confirm the diagnosis. [24]