Solitary lipoma in the retromandibular region

Lipomas are the most common subcutaneous soft-tissue tumors. These are benign tumors originating from the adipocytes. They may be located in any part of the body and can be confused clinically with other soft tissue masses. They infrequently occur in the head and neck region. We present a case of so...

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Autores principales: Shetty, Nandesh, Shabari, U B, Jaydeep, N A, Patnaik, Pritish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25767361
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-962X.151711
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author Shetty, Nandesh
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description Lipomas are the most common subcutaneous soft-tissue tumors. These are benign tumors originating from the adipocytes. They may be located in any part of the body and can be confused clinically with other soft tissue masses. They infrequently occur in the head and neck region. We present a case of solitary lipoma arising in the neck region that was reported to our division of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
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spelling pubmed-43570792015-03-12 Solitary lipoma in the retromandibular region Shetty, Nandesh Shabari, U B Jaydeep, N A Patnaik, Pritish Indian J Dent Case Report Lipomas are the most common subcutaneous soft-tissue tumors. These are benign tumors originating from the adipocytes. They may be located in any part of the body and can be confused clinically with other soft tissue masses. They infrequently occur in the head and neck region. We present a case of solitary lipoma arising in the neck region that was reported to our division of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4357079/ /pubmed/25767361 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-962X.151711 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of 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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Solitary lipoma in the retromandibular region
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title_short Solitary lipoma in the retromandibular region
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357079/
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