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MeSH Heading: Lipoma
Tree Number(s): C04.557.450.550.400
Unique ID: D008067
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008067
Annotation: solitary neoplastic; for non-neoplastic see LIPOMATOSIS; coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term
Scope Note: A benign tumor composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It can be surrounded by a thin layer of connective tissue (encapsulated), or diffuse without the capsule.
Entry Term(s): Atypical Lipoma; Fatty Tumor; Hibernoma; Lipoma, Pleomorphic; Lipomata; Lipomatosis, Multiple
Public MeSH Note: FATTY TUMOR was heading 1963-67
Online Note: use LIPOMA to search FATTY TUMOR 1966-67
History Note: FATTY TUMOR was heading 1963-67
Date Introduced: 1960/01/01
Last Updated: 2021/03/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Lipoma MeSH Descriptor Data 2026