Lipomas: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

lipomatosis, Madelung disease, Dercum disease, adiposis dolorosa, angiolipomas, hibernomas, benign mesenchymal tumors, solitary lipomas, diffuse congenital lipomatosis, benign symmetric lipomatosis, familial multiple lipomatosis

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Robert A Moraru, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Dermatology, St Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
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