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Lipomas are common benign tumors derived from the lipocyte cell line.
They are the terminal differentiation of the fat or lipoblast cells. Lipomas, unto themselves, are benign. They can be excised around the capsule and don't tend to come back. Many patients will notice a lipoma at some point during their lifetime. As patients age, the chance of malignancy increases.