What are the clinical manifestations of subcutaneous lipoma?

Subcutaneous lipoma is a common tumor. Subcutaneous lipoma generally does not require treatment. However, many friends lack knowledge about subcutaneous lipoma, so they tend to panic. We recommend that our readers must learn more about subcutaneous lipoma so that they do not need to worry too much once the symptoms of subcutaneous lipoma appear. Below we will introduce the clinical manifestations of subcutaneous lipoma.

Subcutaneous lipoma is a benign tumor of adipose tissue. It is composed of mature adipose tissue and can occur in any part of the body where there is fat. Lipoma has a thin fibrous lining with many fibrous cords forming many septa in the vertical and horizontal directions. It is most commonly found in the subcutaneous tissue of the neck, shoulders, back, buttocks, breasts and limbs, face, scalp, scrotum and labia, followed by the retroperitoneum and gastrointestinal wall; very rarely, it can appear in areas where there was no adipose tissue originally. If the tumor contains more fibrous tissue, it is called fibrolipoma.

Subcutaneous lipoma is a very common skin lesion, which is formed by the accumulation of normal fat cells. It accounts for about 80% of benign soft tissue tumors. It often occurs under the skin and can also occur in deep tissues such as internal organs. Mature fat cells are arranged in groups, and most of them are surrounded by a fibrous outer membrane. However, sometimes there will be scattered fat tissue with irregular edges infiltrating into the muscle tissue. Generally, lipomas are common in the subcutaneous fat layer of the head, neck, shoulders and back. It can be multiple and can occur at any age, but it is most commonly found in 40 to 60 years old. The lesions usually grow slowly, feel round, soft, movable, and painless.

Subcutaneous lipomas generally do not require treatment, but if they are large, interfere with other body functions, and have conscious symptoms, they can be surgically removed. During the operation, the tumor lobules that extend into the surrounding tissues should be completely eradicated to prevent recurrence.

In the above article, we introduced a common tumor, which is subcutaneous lipoma. We know that subcutaneous lipoma generally does not threaten our body, so we don’t need to worry too much. The above article introduces the clinical manifestations of subcutaneous lipoma in detail.