"Lipoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A benign tumor composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It can be surrounded by a thin layer of connective tissue (encapsulated), or diffuse without the capsule.
| Descriptor ID |
D008067
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.550.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Lipoma- Lipoma
- Lipomas
- Lipomata
- Lipomatas
- Fatty Tumor
- Fatty Tumors
- Tumor, Fatty
- Tumors, Fatty
Lipoma, Pleomorphic- Lipoma, Pleomorphic
- Lipomas, Pleomorphic
- Pleomorphic Lipoma
- Pleomorphic Lipomas
- Atypical Lipoma
- Atypical Lipomas
- Lipoma, Atypical
- Lipomas, Atypical
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lipoma" by people in Profiles.
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Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Thigh after Lipoma Excision. Am Surg. 2017 Aug 01; 83(8):e269-270.
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Renal leiomyoma: a contemporary multi-institution study of an infrequent and frequently misclassified neoplasm. Am J Surg Pathol. 2015 Mar; 39(3):349-56.
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Utility of diffusion-weighted MRI in characterization of adrenal lesions. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Feb; 194(2):W179-85.
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Operative resection of 100 spinal lipomas in infants less than 1 year of age. Pediatr Neurosurg. 1995; 23(4):182-6; discussion 186-7.
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Cutaneous angiomyolipoma. A light-microscopic, immunohistochemical, and electron-microscopic study. Am J Dermatopathol. 1991 Oct; 13(5):497-502.
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Coronal computed tomography of the skull and brain in infants and children. Part II. Clinical value. Radiology. 1977 Sep; 124(3):710-4.
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Metrizamide in pediatric myelography. Radiology. 1977 Aug; 124(2):409-18.