Lipoma involving the masticator space

The lipoma is a common tumor of mesenchymal origin, usually seen on the trunk and lower limbs. In the head and neck region, it is usually seen in the posterior neck. It is rarely seen in the anterior neck, infratemporal fossa, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and parotid gland. It may present in a varie...

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Autores principales: Navaneetham, Anuradha, Rao, Arati, Gandhi, Amul, Jeevan, C. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report - Surgical Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23483080
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.83147
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author Navaneetham, Anuradha
Rao, Arati
Gandhi, Amul
Jeevan, C. A.
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description The lipoma is a common tumor of mesenchymal origin, usually seen on the trunk and lower limbs. In the head and neck region, it is usually seen in the posterior neck. It is rarely seen in the anterior neck, infratemporal fossa, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and parotid gland. It may present in a variety of ways. We report a rare case of a lipoma involving the masticator space.
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spelling pubmed-35910422013-03-11 Lipoma involving the masticator space Navaneetham, Anuradha Rao, Arati Gandhi, Amul Jeevan, C. A. Ann Maxillofac Surg Case Report - Surgical Pathology The lipoma is a common tumor of mesenchymal origin, usually seen on the trunk and lower limbs. In the head and neck region, it is usually seen in the posterior neck. It is rarely seen in the anterior neck, infratemporal fossa, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and parotid gland. It may present in a variety of ways. We report a rare case of a lipoma involving the masticator space. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3591042/ /pubmed/23483080 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.83147 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Navaneetham, Anuradha
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Gandhi, Amul
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title_short Lipoma involving the masticator space
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topic Case Report - Surgical Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23483080
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.83147
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