Adipocytic tumors of orofacial region: Clinicopathologic appraisal of ten cases with a review of its variants

Kaorey, Nivedita; Mandale, Mandakini; Bhavthankar, Jyoti D

doi:10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_8_20

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“…Different theories of differentiation of multi-potent mesenchymal cells in fat tissue, cartilage and bone, to metaplasia of a preexisting lipoma are described 2 . The most widely acknowledged theory for the pathogenesis of lipoma is the "metaplastic theory" which postulates that lipomatous proliferation occurs due to the anomalous differentiation of in situ mesenchymal cells into lipoblasts, as adipose tissue can be derived from mutable connective tissue cells at more or less any topographic location in the body 1,2,16 . Being the rarest of the variants of lipoma, angifibrolipoma consist of mature adipocytes with fibrous tisssue admixed with dilated vascular channels as shown in the Figures 3 and 4.…”

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Angiofibrolipoma of the soft palate: A very rare cause of upper air way obstruction in an infant.

Gyamtsho¹

2020

Bhutan Health Journal

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Introduction: Infants and children are very prone to air way obstruction due to smaller and immature air ways. There are multiple causes of upper airway obstruction in infants like infections, congenital lesions and rarely tumours of the upper airway. However, angiofibrolipoma, a rare variant of lipoma causing intermittent respiratory distress in an infant has not been reported until now. Objective: To report a very rare case of angiofibrolipoma arising from the soft palate in an infant. Case report: Two and half months old female child reported to the department of otolaryngology with a history of intermittent airway obstruction since one month of age. After evaluation she was found to have a fleshy polypoidal mass above the laryngeal inlet arising from soft palate causing airway compromise. She underwent surgical excison with bipolar cautery under general anaesthesia. Conclusion: Few cases of angiofibrolipoma has been reported in adults but none has been reported in children. This is to report a case of angiofibrolipoma in child causing airway obstruction.

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