Huge lipoma of tongue

Lipoma is the commonest benign tumor occurring at any anatomical site, where fat is present. In oral cavity and oropharynx, it is a relatively uncommon neoplasm. Tongue, which is totally devoid of fat cell is also a site for lipoma but very rarely. We report one such rare case of the universal tumor...

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Autores principales: Chandak, Sanjog, Pandilwar, P. K., Chandak, Tushar, Mundhada, Rupali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23633822
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.107457
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author Chandak, Sanjog
Pandilwar, P. K.
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Mundhada, Rupali
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description Lipoma is the commonest benign tumor occurring at any anatomical site, where fat is present. In oral cavity and oropharynx, it is a relatively uncommon neoplasm. Tongue, which is totally devoid of fat cell is also a site for lipoma but very rarely. We report one such rare case of the universal tumor, of 20 years of duration and 9 cm in size, presenting at the lateral margin, dorsal and ventral surface of the tongue, for which complete tumor excision was done.
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spelling pubmed-36368402013-04-30 Huge lipoma of tongue Chandak, Sanjog Pandilwar, P. K. Chandak, Tushar Mundhada, Rupali Contemp Clin Dent Case Report Lipoma is the commonest benign tumor occurring at any anatomical site, where fat is present. In oral cavity and oropharynx, it is a relatively uncommon neoplasm. Tongue, which is totally devoid of fat cell is also a site for lipoma but very rarely. We report one such rare case of the universal tumor, of 20 years of duration and 9 cm in size, presenting at the lateral margin, dorsal and ventral surface of the tongue, for which complete tumor excision was done. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3636840/ /pubmed/23633822 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.107457 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry 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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