How does a lipoma differ from a lymphoma?

Zawwar Reza is right about the basic difference between lipoma and lymphoma. I would add that treatment is wildly different as well. read more

Lymphoma is a scary cancer which arises from cells in your lymph nodes. If you have a lipoma, mostly the only symptom is presence of a mass in the neck or wherever the lipoma is. Lymphoma have a variety of symptoms including but not limited to: night sweats, fever, lymph nodes enlargement, clotting disorders, anemia. read more

A lipoma per say isn't reason to be worried. This is a benign ie non-malignant growth. You can get more, especially if the one you have is incompletely excised. read more

Lipoma 7 Malignant Chondrosarcoma 1 Lymphoma 2 Leiomyosarcoma 3 Liposarcoma 2 The difference between the two groups was significant by -Mesenchymal: fibroma, lipoma, rhabdomyoma, osteoma, sarcoma-Vascular: hemangioma, lymphangioma (except occasionally lymphoma, histiocytoma, or > 7.0 mm or a difference of more than 2.0 mm between the left and the right foramina. read more