Dr. Craythorne quickly identified the lump as a lipoma. "Lipo means fat, and oma refers to a benign tumor," she explained. Lipomas are soft, fatty lumps that grow under the skin and are generally ...

The most common type of lump other than an abscess, especially if your cat is overweight, is a lipoma, a non-cancerous type of fatty tumor. Lipomas are not painful, grow really slowly, and are ...

Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is a type of cancerous tumor that can grow in the body’s soft tissues. If it occurs in the thigh, it may feel like a person has a lump in their thigh, though symptoms ...

If you find a lump on your arms, legs, head, or neck, there's a small chance you could have a desmoid tumor. Unlike a fatty tumor that grows under your skin (called a lipoma), this kind of tumor ...