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What's the causes of lipoma and any medicine or remedies for lipoma?
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Benign tumor: Lipoma is a benign tumor of fat cells, only remedy is removal (surgery), rarely transform into malignant liposarcoma.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Bad Luck: If the mass is symptomatic or enlarging it can be removed surgically. No medications will make them go away.
Answered 4/5/2018
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