Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Introduction: Fibrolipoma is a rare histological variant of simple lipoma.Males are affected more often than females and it appears to occur in older patients.Fibrolipoma is freely mobile in relation to the surrounding tissues and it appears as a raised, painless and semisoft lesion.They usually do not show recurrence after conservative surgical excision.Purpose: the aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of the histological findings to diagnose soft tissue lesions of the oral cavity.Case report: A 56-year-old female patient came to the Oral Surgery Service of Virgen de la Paloma Hospital and presented with swelling of few years duration.The medical history of the patient was unremarkable.The intraoral examination showed a 3x2 cm semi-soft, witish and pinkish, rounded mass in the left jugal mucosa.The lesion was painless on palpation.It was not fixed and not fluctuant.After informed consent, the mass was surgically excised under local anesthesia Histological examination showed round to oval shaped adipocytes admixed with dense collagenous fibers and fibroblasts.The microscopic diagnosis of 'fibrolipoma' was given.A follow-up of 2 years found no evidence of disease.Conclusion: histological findings provided by Oral Pathologists should be combined with clinical features for accurate diagnosis of soft tissue lesions of the oral cavity.
Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Language: Spanish
Subfield: General Dentistry
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4242586865