neck lipoma

shamsul said...

Hi DR. Saya nak tanya satu soalan.. i have lipoma on my back neck. saya nak remove it dengan operate. DR cakap it take few minute je untuk remove lipoma.. but my concern ialah..adakan ianya akan give any effect to my neck later? or my spine? im damm worry. thanks.

Nov 25, 2011 7:59:00 PM

Dear shamsul 

occay , to start with , for general knowledge , lipoma is a kind of benign tumour  (mostly ) , made from adipose tissue  , in malay , ketumbuhan yang berasal daripada lemak-lemak 

lipoma is a painless mass , located subcutaneously.

in an ideal world , this lipoma could be easily be removed surgically.

no big deal

if it's a small size , the operation could be done under local anaesthesia , meaning , u will be fully concious during the procedure - only the area involved being anaesthetized... in most cases - u could still feel the pain.

but it's the quickest way

should the lipoma is too big , and need to be removed , it must be done under general anaesthesia , meaning .. u ll be put to sleep - completely knocked down during the procedure.

now , we go to complication of the removal of the lipoma

most of the cases - it has no complication

just a very simple procedure, something like removing a big pimple from ur skin

unless the lipoma is super big... then there would be risk of bleeding during the operation

other than that - normal sized lipoma , technically it would not cause any damage to ur spine mr shamsul

effect on ur neck?

u might have a scar after the removal...small or big.. again depend on the size of the lipoma :)

hopefully , i have answered all ur question .

owh , one more thing , when they excise ur lipoma , they will send the sample to the lab , to determine what kind of lipoma is it.

but most of the time , the lipoma is harmless

unless u are a very unlucky guy , something happened once in a million cases. .. it could be some kind of cancer...

No worry , i m pretty sure urs is just a benign lipoma :)