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Lydia Martin¹, Raphaella Lambert², Susan Hoadley¹

¹Plastic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, USA.

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Summary

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This study explored vitamin D3 (VD3) therapy for benign lipomas. Six of nine patients showed significant lipoma size reduction, suggesting VD3 may promote lipoma regression.

Keywords:

adipose benign lipoma regression surgical excision vitamin d

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Metabolic Research

Background:

Benign lipomas typically do not regress spontaneously.
Vitamin D (VD) influences adipocyte proliferation and differentiation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if optimizing serum 1,25(OH)D3 (VD3) to 40-60 ng/mL could induce regression of benign subcutaneous lipomas.
To explore the potential role of VD3 in managing lipoma growth.

Main Methods:

A multi-case study involving nine patients with benign subcutaneous lipomas.
Lipoma size and serum 25(OH)D (VD) levels were measured before and after VD3 supplementation.
Patients received daily VD3 (5,000-10,000 IU) for 7-18 months based on baseline VD levels.

Main Results:

All nine compliant patients demonstrated increased serum VD levels.
Six patients experienced substantial lipoma size regression.
Three patients showed lipoma growth arrest.

Conclusions:

Vitamin D3 (VD3) therapy may potentially promote regression of benign lipomas.
Further investigation is warranted due to the promising, albeit limited, findings.
Optimizing VD levels could be a novel therapeutic approach for lipomas.