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Anuradha Navaneetham1, Arati Rao, Amul Gandhi
1HOSMAT Dental Implantology and Facial Esthetic Center, Bangalore, India.
Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery
|March 14, 2013
Abstract:
The lipoma is a common tumor of mesenchymal origin, usually seen on the trunk and lower limbs. In the head and neck region, it is usually seen in the posterior neck. It is rarely seen in the anterior neck, infratemporal fossa, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and parotid gland. It may present in a variety of ways. We report a rare case of a lipoma involving the masticator space.

