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. 2011 Jan;3(1):43–46. doi: 10.4248/IJOS11008

A rare case of intraoral lipoma in a six year-old child: a case report

Meduri Venkateswarlu 1, Paramkusam Geetha 1, Mandadi Srikanth 1,*
PMCID: PMC3469874  PMID: 21449215

Abstract

One type of soft tissue lesions of the oral cavity is lipoma, which is a kind of benign tumor composed of mature lipid cells. Although the lipoma presents as one of the most common mesenchymal neoplasms, most tend to develop on the trunk and proximal portions of the extremities. However, lipomas in the oral and maxillofacial region are much less frequent. Here we present a case of an intraoral lipoma in a six year-old child.

Keywords: lipoma, mature fat cells, fibrolipoma

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