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Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD

Virginia Beach Dermatologist

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Q: What can be done about painful lipomas in leg? asked by Hlvoldbaek Oregon

If a lipoma is symptomatic, especially if it causes pain, it definitely should be excised. Most painful lipomas actually have a good deal of vascularity to them and are technically called angiolipomas. I doubt there is much of a chance of malignancy, but why suffer in pain?

Excsion is best performed when the lipomas are small. As they grow they are also more likely to encroach on other tissue such as nerves and muscles. They will be more difficult to excise and you would be left with a more prominent scar, so there is no advantage in waiting.

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Education	Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, 1974
Post-medical school training	Internship: Gynecology-Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 1975 Residency: Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1976 Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Hanover, NH, 1977 Dermatology, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, 1980 Pathology, Yale-New Haven, New Haven, CT, 1981
Aesthetic medicine experience	28 years (post-medical training)
Professional memberships	Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology (FAAD)
Hospital affiliations	Sentara Virginia Beach General
Medical or professional license	VA
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