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Atypical intramuscular lipoma of the tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Ashutosh Kacker*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Metin Taskin
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
*
Address for correspondence: Ashutosh Kacker, Department of Otolaryngology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10021, USA. Fax: 212-434-2382

Abstract

Lipomatous tumours of the tongue are rare and most of them are benign ordinary lipomas. In this report, we describe the first case of atypical lipoma of the tongue in a 78-year-old male, and review the current literature and controversies surrounding the nomenclature and biology of this unusual lesion.

Type
Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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