Intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula: A case report and review of the literature
Lipoma is a benign tumour originating from mature adipose tissue. It can occur in any place in the body where adipose tissue is located. Intraosseous lipoma is a very rare bone tumour. The authors present an infrequent case involving intraosseous lipoma of the mandible in a 32-year old man and provi...
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author | Waśkowska Jadwiga Wójcik Sylwia Koszowski Rafał Drozdzowska Bogna |
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description | Lipoma is a benign tumour originating from mature adipose tissue. It can occur in any place in the body where adipose tissue is located. Intraosseous lipoma is a very rare bone tumour. The authors present an infrequent case involving intraosseous lipoma of the mandible in a 32-year old man and provide a review of case studies documented earlier in the literature. |
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spelling | doaj.art-ffb48aa1209d44248262cde2564ebeb42022-12-21T20:15:07ZengDe GruyterOpen Medicine2391-54632017-03-01121454910.1515/med-2017-0008med-2017-0008Intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula: A case report and review of the literatureWaśkowska Jadwiga0Wójcik Sylwia1Koszowski Rafał2Drozdzowska Bogna3Academic Centre of Dentistry Bytom PlacAkademicki 17, 41-902Bytom, PolandChair of Dental Surgery, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Surgery, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Plac Akademicki 17, Bytom41-902, Poland, Tel: +48 32 282 79 51Academic Centre of Dentistry Bytom PlacAkademicki 17, 41-902Bytom, PolandChair of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, PolandLipoma is a benign tumour originating from mature adipose tissue. It can occur in any place in the body where adipose tissue is located. Intraosseous lipoma is a very rare bone tumour. The authors present an infrequent case involving intraosseous lipoma of the mandible in a 32-year old man and provide a review of case studies documented earlier in the literature.https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2017-0008lipomabenign bone tumourintraosseous lipoma |
spellingShingle | Waśkowska Jadwiga Wójcik Sylwia Koszowski Rafał Drozdzowska Bogna Intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula: A case report and review of the literature Open Medicine lipoma benign bone tumour intraosseous lipoma |
title | Intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula: A case report and review of the literature |
title_full | Intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula: A case report and review of the literature |
title_fullStr | Intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula: A case report and review of the literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula: A case report and review of the literature |
title_short | Intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula: A case report and review of the literature |
title_sort | intraosseous lipoma of the mandibula a case report and review of the literature |
topic | lipoma benign bone tumour intraosseous lipoma |
url | https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2017-0008 |
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