Intraosseous Lipoma of the Mandibula: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Lipoma is a benign tumour originating from mature adipose tissue. It can occur in any place in the body where adipose tissue is located. Intraosseous lipoma is a very rare bone tumour. The authors present an infrequent case involving intraosseous lipoma of the mandible in a 32-year old man and provi...

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Autores principales: Waśkowska, Jadwiga, Wójcik, Sylwia, Koszowski, Rafał, Drozdzowska, Bogna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: De Gruyter Open 2017
Materias:
Regular Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28401200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/med-2017-0008
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Sumario:Lipoma is a benign tumour originating from mature adipose tissue. It can occur in any place in the body where adipose tissue is located. Intraosseous lipoma is a very rare bone tumour. The authors present an infrequent case involving intraosseous lipoma of the mandible in a 32-year old man and provide a review of case studies documented earlier in the literature.

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