What is lipoma(s)?

Lipomas are the most common soft-tissue tumor. These slow-growing, benign fatty tumors form soft, lobulated masses. There are various subtypes of lipomas, such as, fibrolipoma (fat with fibrous tissue), angiolipoma (fat with blood vessels), and hibernoma (brown fat instead of the white fat).

How do members experience lipoma(s)?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with lipoma(s)*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for lipoma(s)*

Who has lipoma(s) on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 6
30s 21
40s 30
50s 42
60s 31
70+ 14

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 56
Female 89