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Lipoma of the tongue

MedGen UID:
116065
•Concept ID:
C0238467
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Lipoma of the Tongue; Lipoma of Tongue; Tongue lipoma; Tongue Lipoma
 
HPO: HP:0030815

Definition

A lipoma localized to the tongue. May present as a nontender, soft, spherical mass of the tongue. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLipoma of the tongue

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PubMed

Benign lingual lesions of intrinsic origin. Differential diagnosis.
Newland JR
Postgrad Med 1984 Mar;75(4):152-63. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1984.11697962. PMID: 6701123

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Spindle cell lipoma of the tongue: a clinicopathologic study of 8 cases and review of the literature.
Lau SK, Bishop JA, Thompson LD
Head Neck Pathol 2015 Jun;9(2):253-9. Epub 2014 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s12105-014-0574-0. PMID: 25319950Free PMC Article
Congenital lipoma of the tongue. Report of a case.
Dimitrakopoulos I, Zouloumis L, Trigonidis G
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1990 Aug;19(4):208. doi: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80392-3. PMID: 2120360

Diagnosis

A Large Lipoma of the Tongue: A case report.
Shathur A, Rashid A, Patel V, Ffolkes L, Jayaram R
Prim Dent J 2022 Jun;11(2):51-54. doi: 10.1177/20501684221101093. PMID: 37705171
Lipoma of the tongue diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology.
Caputo A, Di Crescenzo RM, Landolfi L, Zeppa P
Diagn Cytopathol 2020 Nov;48(11):1131-1133. Epub 2020 May 5 doi: 10.1002/dc.24459. PMID: 32369241
Chondroid lipoma of the tongue: a report of two cases.
Villarroel Dorrego M, Papp Y, Shelley MJ, Barrett AW
Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014 Jun;18(2):219-22. Epub 2013 Jul 31 doi: 10.1007/s10006-013-0426-1. PMID: 23900485
Intramuscular lipoma of the tongue masquerading as angioedema.
Amirzadeh A, Klaustermeyer W
Ear Nose Throat J 2013 Jan;92(1):E4-5. doi: 10.1177/014556131309200116. PMID: 23354901
Lipoma of the tongue.
Akyol MU, Ozdek A, Sökmensüer C
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000 Mar;122(3):461-2. doi: 10.1016/S0194-5998(00)70067-2. PMID: 10699830

Prognosis

Intramuscular lipoma of the tongue masquerading as angioedema.
Amirzadeh A, Klaustermeyer W
Ear Nose Throat J 2013 Jan;92(1):E4-5. doi: 10.1177/014556131309200116. PMID: 23354901
Congenital lipoma of the tongue. Report of a case.
Dimitrakopoulos I, Zouloumis L, Trigonidis G
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1990 Aug;19(4):208. doi: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80392-3. PMID: 2120360

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