Practice · Tumor

Lumps & Tumors

Hee Seung Nam, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon · Area of practice

Most lumps you can feel are benign, but very rarely a malignant tumor called a sarcoma is mixed in. During residency at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital I cared for patients with bone and soft tissue tumors, and I have published in this field (Research). I remove lumps such as lipomas, ganglion cysts and epidermoid cysts and send them for biopsy.

Conditions I treat

• Lipoma, ganglion cyst, epidermoid cyst
• Lumps that need a biopsy
• Telling a soft tissue sarcoma apart

Lumps and tumors in the surgical record

Based on operations I performed as the primary surgeon from March 2023 to October 2026. Details are on The Surgical Record in Numbers. These numbers are meant to describe my clinical experience; they do not guarantee treatment results and are not for comparison with other physicians.

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Other areas of practice

• Knee
• Hip
• Shoulder
• Foot & Ankle
• Hand & Elbow
• Fractures & Sports Injuries