Palatal Lipoma: A Case Report
Published: December 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3682
Sreenivasulu Pattipati, M. Naveen Kumar, Ramadevi, B. Praveen Kumar
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, St. Joseph Dental College & Hospital, Duggirala, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh-534004, India.
2. Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Sreepuram, Narketpally, Nalgonda-508254, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Santhiram Medical College & Hospital, Nandyal, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
4. Reader, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, St. Joseph Dental College & Hospital, Duggirala, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh-534004, India.
Correspondence
Dr. M. Naveen Kumar,
Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences,
Sreepuram, Narketpally, Nalgonda-508254, India.
Phone: 9885227600, E-mail: naveen_motupalli@yahoo.com
Intraoral lipomas are benign mesenchymal neoplasms that originate in mature adipose cells with differential diagnosis of other soft tissue lesions. Lipoma, rarely, occurs in the oral cavity, and it corresponds to less than 4.4%, of all benign oral soft tissue tumors. Here, we are reporting a case of lipoma that occurred in the hard palate, which is extremely rare.
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