Infiltrating lipoma of oral cavity: A rare entity | Zendy

Karthikeyan Ramalingam | Zendy; Syed Wali Peeran | Zendy; Fatma Mojtaba Alsaid | Zendy; Marei Hamed Mugrabi | Zendy

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Infiltrating lipoma of oral cavity: A rare entity

Author(s) -

Karthikeyan Ramalingam,

Syed Wali Peeran,

Fatma Mojtaba Alsaid,

Marei Hamed Mugrabi

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

dental hypotheses

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.164

H-Index - 10

ISSN - 2155-8213

DOI - 10.4103/2155-8213.122679

Subject(s) - head and neck , oral cavity , lipoma , medicine , surgical excision , benign neoplasms , population , molar , surgery , radiology , orthodontics , environmental health

Lipomas are rare in the oral cavity comprising less than 5% of benign neoplasms in head and neck region. Infiltrating lipomas are much less common than other variants. Case Report: We report a rare case of infiltrating/intra-muscular lipoma in the retro-molar region of a 28-year-old male. Discussion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report from Libyan population and in the Middle East & North Africa region (MENA). Surgical excision is curative but, regular follow-up is needed to identify recurrences of this unusual variant

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