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Richard P. Rand, MD answers: Can Lipoma Turn into Cancer?

Can Lipoma Turn into Cancer?

I want to know if lipoma can turn into cancer because I have just got it on my back and right arm. I do not know what to do.

 
alpheus dore in Bermuda
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9 months ago
By Richard P. Rand, MD - Seattle Plastic Surgeon

It is not that a lipoma becomes a liposarcoma but that without excising them and examining them under a microscope, you can't tell which is which. 99+% are benign lipomas but it would be wise to have them removed formally, not with liposuction since liposuction destroys the architecture and prevents their identification as benign or not.

Web reference: http://www.randcosmeticsurgery.com

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