lipomatosis

Examples

 lipomatosis of nerve
 colorectal lipomatosis

Associations

 Associated with obesity , Cushing disease , steroid therapy , protease inhibitors for HIV
F- fmilial multiple lipomatosis

• usually autosomal dominant; multiple lipomas of trunk and extremities with relative sparing of the head and shoulders;
• due to translocation involving high-mobility-group protein isoform I-C on chromosome 12 and the lipoma preferred partner gene on chromosome 3 (An Bras Dermatol 2012;87:324)