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An Unusual Case of Floor of Mouth Swelling: Case Report, Differential Diagnosis and a Review of the Literature

From Volume 32, Issue 10, December 2005 | Pages 617-619

Authors

Stuart Clark

FRCS(Ed), FDS RCS(Ed)

Specialist Registrar, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital

Articles by Stuart Clark

Mark Greenwood

BDS, MDS, FDS RCS, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCS, FRCS(OMFS), FHEA

Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Newcastle Teaching Hospitals

Articles by Mark Greenwood

Marnie Fullarton

BDS, MFDS, SHO

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Newcastle General Hospital

Articles by Marnie Fullarton

Joanne S Russell

BDS, MFDS, MOrth, MDentSci

Specialist Registrar, Orthodontics, Leeds Dental Hospital, UK

Articles by Joanne S Russell

Abstract

The oral cavity is an uncommon site for a true lipoma. A distinct histological variant is the spindle cell lipoma. This is a rare oral lesion. A case of an intra-oral spindle cell lipoma in a 55-year-old female is reported, a differential diagnosis is presented and the histopathology is discussed.

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