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I have a large fat deposit on buttock. how would it be removed. size of plum, maybe bigger.?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Office: This is likely a lipoma. This is a common benign tumor that can usually be removed in an office setting.

Answered 5/31/2018

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