Lipoma is the most common, benign, soft tissue, mesenchymal tumour and is composed of mature adipose tissue. It is infrequent in the oral cavity (approximately 0.3% of all tongue neoplasias).
We describe the case of a 68-year-old man with a swelling at the tongue edge and tongue dysesthesia.
Medical history, clinical assessment, radiographic images, and cytological analysis enabled specialists to classify this neoplasia as a lipoma.
The patient recovered fully after surgical excision of the affected area, and the neuralgic symptoms regressed.
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Surgical excision is an elective treatment; however, accurate differential diagnosis, histological examination, and follow-up are required.
Lipoma, a soft tissue lesion, is a benign tumour composed of mature adipose tissue. It is a common mesenchymal neoplasm that usually develops on the torso or proximal segmentsof the limbs.
Oral lipoma is rare, having an incidence of 1% to 5% among benign oral tumors and 0.3% among tongue neoplasias.
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The most common sites are the buccal mucosa, lips, tongue, palate, vestibule, floor of the mouth, and retromolar area.
