Rare location of Universal tumor

Shankar Bastakoti,Ranjan Raj Bhatta,Dej Kumar Gautam,Amar Shrestha

doi:10.3126/njc.v5i1.41359

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Abstract

Lipomas are one of the most common benign mesenchymal tumor in human. Lipoma occurring in the tongue is rare as tongue has paucity of normal adipose tissue. Here we present an unusual case of lipoma presented in the tongue, and removal of which comforted patient by regaining of the functional task of tongue. Fifty two year’s old Muslim women presented with painless swelling on right lateral border of tongue for 5 years for which excision was done and histopathology evaluation was performed. The histopathology was consistent with the diagnosis of Lingual Lipoma. Existence of lipoma in the tongue is very rare, which can be managed by simple excision. Histopathology is the gold standard in the diagnosis.

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Lipomas are one of the most common benign mesenchymal tumor in human
Lipoma occurring in the tongue is rare as tongue has paucity of normal adipose tissue
It has been found that the fat component of lipoma is not used for energy production during starvation phase as happens with normal adipose tissue.[4, 5]

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Introduction

Lipomas are one of the most common benign mesenchymal tumor in human. It is composed of mature adipocytes.[1] Lipoma occurring in the tongue is rare as tongue has paucity of normal adipose tissue. It usually affects middle-aged individuals and may slowly enlarge causing difficulties in speech and mastication.[2] Generally these are well circumscribed, noninvasive and have a low recurrence rate except for the intramuscular variant where tumor are encroaching the muscle bundle.

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