Re: what is a lipoma and how do they come about?

Lipomas are benign growths of fatty tissue.  They can be inherited or 
acquired later in life.  They are formed from basically normal tissue that 
grows out of control.  This same process results in other kinds of growths 
in other parts of the body.  Uterine fibroids, for example, are also 
abnormal growths (of the muscle cells of the uterus).