Open AccessCellular infiltrative angiolipoma of cheek in an infant
Author(s) -
Ajoy Kumar Shahi,
Hiralal Ash,
Kabita Chatterji,
Rajendra Singh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.154837
Subject(s) - angiolipoma , medicine , lipoma , cheek , oral cavity , trunk , anatomy , head and neck , soft tissue , pathology , surgery , dentistry , ecology , biology
Lipomas represent about 1 to 5% of all neoplasms of the oral cavity most commonly presenting as painless, mobile, soft, round mass. Angiolipoma, spindle cell lipoma, mylelolipoma, chondrolipoma and myxolipoma are histological variants of lipoma arising from fat tissues. Although the angiolipoma is the most common tumour in the trunk and the extrimities of young people, it occurs infrequently in the head and neck region. In this article we present clinical, radiological and histological features of a cellular infiltrative angiolipoma exicised from the buccal mucosa of a 9 months old female child.