Oral Fibrolipoma of Oral Cavity

Abstract

Fibrolipoma, a benign tumor, is classified as a variant of conventional lipoma. It usually presents as a soft, smoothsurfaced nodular masses that can be sessile or pedunculated. Most of them are less than 3 cm in size, but it can become much larger. The buccal mucosa and buccal vestibule are the most common intraoral sites. Here, we present a new case of this uncommon oral lipofibroma that presented on the maxillary attached gingiva. How to cite this article Vadvadgi VH, Saini R. Oral Fibrolipoma of Oral Cavity. Int J Experiment Dent Sci 2014;3(2):106-108.

Fibrolipoma of Lip in a Young Individual: A Rare Presentation

“…Histologically, lipomas are classified as simple lipoma or variants, such as fibrolipoma, spindle cell lipoma wherein spindle cells are observed, intramuscular or infiltrating lipoma often are more deeply situated and have an infiltrative growth pattern that extends between skeletal muscle bundles, angiolipoma in case of excess vascular channels, salivary gland lipoma (sialolipoma), pleomorphic lipoma, myxoid lipoma exhibiting a mucoid background, chondroid lipoma when chondroid stroma is evident, osteoid lipoma when osseous metaplasia is present, and atypical lipomas. 3,5,7 In our case, diffuse aggregates of mature adipocytes with intervening areas of fibrosis were seen histopathologically. Thus, it was diagnosed as a fibrolipoma.…”

“…17 Most patients with fibrolipoma are of an older age. 3,4 Our case report presents a lower lip fibrolipoma in a 20-year-old female patient making it a rare presentation. The site of the lesion was also unusual, presenting on the lower lip.…”

“…Most patients with this lesion are 40 years of age or older. 3,4 It usually presents as soft, smooth-surfaced nodular masses that can be sessile or pedunculated. 4 It is an uncommon histological variant of the classic lipoma, in which neoplastic fat cells are embedded within dense collagen.…”

Fibrolipoma of the Floor of the Mouth and Submandibular Space: A Rare Clinical Entity

“…Lipomas may be seen to affect the submandibular space, lips, tongue, palate, floor of the mouth and vestibule [4]. There are various histological variants of lipomas namely fibrolipomas, spindle lipomas, intramuscular lipomas, angiolipomas, salivary gland lipomas, pleomorphic lipomas, myxoid lipomas and atypical lipomas [5,6].…”

“…Majority of patients affected are 40 years and above [1,9]. Fibrolipomas are a rare variant with fats cells embedded within dense connective tissues [6,8]. Although it has an uncertain etiology and pathogenesis, inflammatory, endocrine imbalance and mechanical influences are being implicated in its development.…”