Fibrolipoma of Oral Cavity- A Case Study
BR. Sathvikalakshmi *
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Best Dental Science College, Madurai 625104, India
CH. Uma Reddy
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Best Dental Science College, Madurai 625104, India
R. Kirthika
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Best Dental Science College, Madurai 625104, India
L. Chandrashekar
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Best Dental Science College, Madurai 625104, India
R. Sudarshan
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Best Dental Science College, Madurai 625104, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Lipomas are benign soft tissue mesenchymal neoplasms of the oral cavity. Among its histological variants, fibrolipoma is a rare entity and is comprised of neoplastic fat cells embedded in dense collagen. Although, fibrolipomas may occur at various sites in the oral cavity, its etiology is obscure. The importance of differentiating an intraoral fibrolipoma from a mucocele, fibroma and pleomorphic adenoma is discussed through a case study of fibrolipoma in the buccal sulcus with review of literature. Here we present a case study on fibrolipoma in the left buccal mucosa.
Keywords: Lipoma, oral cavity, benign tumor, fat