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Lipomatosis

Lipomatosis is believed to be an autosomal dominant condition in which multiple lipomas are present on the body. Many discrete, encapsulated lipomas form on the trunk and extremities, with relatively few on the head and shoulders. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Subtypes
Pelvic lipomatosis
May Cause
Anterior mediastinal lesion
Body asymmetry
Fat-attenuation mediastinal mass
Lesion of perinephric space
Lytic skeletal lesion
Multifocal soft-tissue tumor
Multiple radiolucent bone lesions
Retrosternal mass
Solid mesenteric lesion
Wide superior mediastinum in an infant or child
Widespread soft-tissue calcification
May Be Caused by
Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome
Chromosome 1 somatic translocation
Congenital aggressive lipomatosis
Cowden syndrome
Cushing syndrome
Dercum disease
Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis
Epidermal nevus syndrome
Facial lipomatosis
Familial angiolipomatosis
Familial lipomatosis
Johanson-Blizzard syndrome
Lipomatous melanocytic nevomatosis-plus
Macrodystrophia lipomatosa
Madelung disease
Mediastinal lipomatosis
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Shwachman type
Nasopalpebral lipoma-coloboma syndrome
Opitz BBBG syndrome
Pericardial lipomatosis
Pierpont syndrome
Proteus syndrome
Roch-Leri syndrome
Segmental outgrowth - lipomatosis - arteriovenous malformation - epidermal nevus
Steroid medication
Synovial lipomatosis

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