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Clinical: Asymptomatic, solitary, slow-growing, rubbery, mobile subcutaneous nodules usually <5 cm in diameter but can reach 20 cm in diameter (although large and/or deep fatty tumors should raise suspicion for liposarcoma). Can occur almost anywhere, but commonly on the trunk, shoulders, neck, or axillae. Age ranges from 30 to 70 (with a peak at 40–60), but multiple lipomas (~20 % of cases) are more common in young men.
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Cockerell, C., Mihm, M.C., Hall, B.J., Chisholm, C., Jessup, C., Merola, M. (2014). Soft Tissue Neoplasms (Fat, Muscle). In: Dermatopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5448-8_26
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