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Tumour surgery
Ciconia Aarhus Private Hospital offers operations to treat benign tumours of connective-tissue in the motor apparatus.
The connective tissue consists of bones, fatty tissue (such as the subcutis), muscles, cartilage, etc. It is particularly localized in the motor apparatus, that is, the arms and legs, but is also found in the chest wall, the abdominal wall and the back. The majority of tumours are benign but, in Denmark, there are approximately 300 new cases of connective-tissue cancer (sarcomas) each year. These are treated at one of the country's sarcoma centres.
The most frequent connective-tissue tumours are fat tumours, known as lipomas. These are soft swellings that can appear anywhere on the body and are often discovered by accident. Lipomas in the subcutis rarely present other symptoms while deeper lipomas, such as those in the musculature, can be much more irritating because they can affect muscle function. Lipomas can be of varying sizes, from a few centimetres to more than 20 centimetres. Other connective-tissue tumours in soft tissue, such as in tendinous tissue, feel firmer and harder but rarely increase in size.
It is typical of connective-tissue tumours that they grow very slowly.
There can also be benign connective-tissue tumours in the bones, in the form of bone cysts which, in some cases, become so large that they weaken the bone and risk breakage, or on the bones, in the form of an often irritating growth, known as an exostosis.
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