Lipomas of the oral cavity.

نویسندگان

  • Belmiro Cavalcanti Do Egito Vasconcelos
  • Gabriela Granja Porto
  • Suzana Célia De Aguiar Soares Carneiro
  • Ruth Lopes De Freitas Xavier
چکیده

Cases 2 and 3 Cases 2 and 3 are related to smaller lipomas, most commonly found in the oral cavity. In both cases, the patients were females, with ages ranging between 30 and 45 years, respectively. In case 2, the lesion was in the inferior lingual region; and in case 3, it was in the jugal mucosa (Figure 1). Both were treated by surgical excision of the whole lesion and the material was referred to histopathology, with later confirmation of lipoma.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

دوره 73 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007