Fibrolipoma of the Tongue: a Rare Entity With Literature Review

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Lipoma is a benign soft tissue mesenchymal tumour, slow growing, usually involving the trunk and proximal parts of extremities and occasionally found within the oral cavity. Intra-oral lipomas are rare and so is its variant fibrolipoma. Buccal mucosa, tongue, the floor of mouth, palate, gingiva, lips and retromolar area are commonly affected. The tongue which is devoid of fat cells is a...

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• Adipocytes
• Aged
• Biopsy
• Cell Differentiation
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Isocitrate Dehydrogenase
• Mutation
• Tongue Neoplasms

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Literature Corpus work

e869b26d-aacb-5c68-be98-682a940055e3

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1161275/v1