Lipoma of the tongue

Roles, D.

doi:10.1016/0266-4356(95)90307-0

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“…The mean duration of oral lipomas ranges from 3.2 to 6.3 years [3,6], with the presence of the tumor for more than 50 years having been reported in some cases [17]. According to Furlong et al [3], oral lipomas might be symptomatic in earlier stages than lipomas located in other regions of the body, a fact that would explain the shorter mean duration observed by these authors.…”

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Lipomas of the oral cavity: clinical and histopathologic study of 41 cases in a Brazilian population

Juliasse

Nonaka

Pinto

et al. 2009

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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This study evaluated the clinical and histopathologic aspects of 41 cases of oral lipomas diagnosed in a Brazilian population. All records from patients diagnosed with oral lipoma between 1970 and 2008 were reviewed. Histological sections were evaluated by light microscopy. There was a predominance of females (2.4:1), with a peak incidence between the sixth and seventh decade. The buccal mucosa was the most aVected site (53.7%), followed by the buccal sulcus (14.6%) and tongue (9.8%). Tumor size ranged from 0.5 to 10 cm and the mean reported duration was 48 months. Histologically, the following variants were identiWed: lipoma (41.5%), Wbrolipoma (34.1%), spindle cell lipoma (9.8%), sialolipoma (9.8%), osteolipoma (2.4%), and chondrolipoma (2.4%). Most tumors were well delimited, irrespective of the variant. Lipomas are rare tumors of the oral cavity. The characterization of new variants, such as sialolipomas, and the identiWcation of histological subtypes in already known variants, such as low-fat and fat-free spindle cell lipomas, highlight the importance for careful microscopic evaluation of these tumors, which might be combined with immunohistochemistry in some cases.

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Lipomas of the oral cavity: clinical and histopathologic study of 41 cases in a Brazilian population

Juliasse

Nonaka

Pinto

et al. 2009

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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“…[715–17] It is a benign condition, especially in tongue, which accounts for 0.3% of tongue neoplasms. [618–20] It is diagnosed often in adult patients at the mean age of 50.2-62 years. [7171821] The etiology of lipomas remains unclear.…”

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“…[23679–12142326] The prognosis is usually good with rare recurrence,[1018] especially in case of infiltrating lipomas that tend to invade surrounding muscles. [19] The SCL is not usually encapsulated.…”

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“…[6] It is described traditionally as well-circumscribed, submucosal mass of less than 1 cm in size, and located on the lateral border of the dorsal anterior two-thirds of the tongue. [1] Based on histopathologic features, lipomas can be classified as simple lipoma which constitutes 80% of lipomas, whilst other variants such as fibrolipomas, angiolipomas, intramuscular lipomas, pleomorphic lipomas, spindle-cell lipomas (SCLs), sialolipomas, myxoid lipomas and atypical lipomas[7] make up the remaining 20% of all lipomas.…”

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Spindle cell lipoma of the tongue: A case report of unusual occurrence

Júnior¹,

Aguiar²,

Sartori³

et al. 2013

J Oral Maxillofac Pathol

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Spindle cell lipoma (SCL) is a benign lipomatous tumor predominantly occurring at the posterior neck and shoulder area. Face, forehead, scalp, cheek, perioral area, and upper arm are less common sites. In oral cavity, it is a relatively uncommon neoplasm, particularly in tongue, which is relatively devoid of fat cells. We present a case report of SCL located on the left lateral border of the tongue in a 64-year-old Caucasian female patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 and arterial hypertension.

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“…These resultant abnormalities depend not only on the volume, but also the texture of the tongue lipoma. In a few cases, the large tumours were painful or ulcerated probably secondary to trauma 17 19 20…”

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Classic tongue lipoma: a common tumour at a rare site

Magadum¹,

Sanadi

Agrawal³

et al. 2013

BMJ Case Reports

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Lipoma is the commonest benign tumour occurring at any anatomical site where fat is present, but occurrence in the oral cavity is rare. Tongue which is totally devoid of fat cells is a rare site for lipoma. This is one such rare case of the universal tumour, presenting at the lateral margin of the tongue, for which complete tumour excision was done. Macroscopically the mass had a hard consistency and measured 3.0×2.0 cm. From microscopic examination, diagnosis of lipoma was made. Recurrence of tongue lipoma is rare.

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Lipoma of the tongue

Cited by 12 publications

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Lipomas of the oral cavity: clinical and histopathologic study of 41 cases in a Brazilian population

Lipomas of the oral cavity: clinical and histopathologic study of 41 cases in a Brazilian population

Spindle cell lipoma of the tongue: A case report of unusual occurrence

Classic tongue lipoma: a common tumour at a rare site

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