Still, if you notice a lump beneath your skin, you should see a doctor for a diagnosis. A lipoma can look very similar to other, more serious conditions, such as liposarcoma, a rare cancer.

The Boston College Board of Trustees elected eight new board members to four-year terms at its annual meeting earlier this summer. The new trustees come from a range of professional backgrounds, with ...

A lipoma is a fatty, noncancerous tumor. Lipomas are the most common soft tissue tumor found in adults, but rarely occur on the head. More commonly, they occur on the neck and shoulders.

“A lot of the things we see as dermatologists affect people both physically and emotionally because it can be embarrassing,” ...

1 We had the opportunity to study an additional case of quadrigeminal plate lipoma in a four year old child, who presented with epilepsy and developed behavioural changes tending towards ...