lipofibroma

lipofibroma

 [lip″o-fi-bro´mah] a lipoma containing fibrous elements.

lip·o·fi·bro·ma

(lip'ō-fī-brō'mă), A benign neoplasm of fibrous connective tissue, with conspicuous numbers of adipose cells.

lipofibroma

An older term; most cases whoccidiae labeled lipofibroma probably corresponded to a simple lipoma with fibrosis and not more specific lesions—e.g., fibrolipoma or neural fibrolipoma (lipofibromatous hamartoma of nerves).

lip·o·fi·bro·ma

(lip'ō-fī-brō'mă) A benign neoplasm of fibrous connective tissue, with conspicuous numbers of adipose cells.