A Case of Epipharyngeal Lipoma Causing Obstructing the Airway

Koji Kudo; Masafumi Takahashi; Nobuko Iikawa; Shinsuke Suzuki; Kohei Honda; Kazuo Ishikawa

doi:10.5631/jibirinsuppl.129.81

Festschrift for Professor Kazuo Ishikawa In Honor of 10 Years of Chairmanship, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine

A Case of Epipharyngeal Lipoma Causing Obstructing the Airway

Koji Kudo, Masafumi Takahashi, Nobuko Iikawa, Shinsuke Suzuki, Kohei Honda, Kazuo Ishikawa

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Keywords: lipoma, obstructing the airway, CT, MRI

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2010 Volume 129 Pages 81-85

DOI https://doi.org/10.5631/jibirinsuppl.129.81

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Abstract

Lipoma, a benign tumor consisting of mature fat cells, occurs frequently in subcutaneous tissue but rarely in the pharyngeal submucosa. We report a case of epipharyngeal lipoma in a 54-year-old man seen for severe rhinolalia and snoring. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a well-defined solid mass occupying the pharyngeal space, whose histological biopsy disclosed to be lipoma. The tumor was surgically removed in an oral approach, relieving obstructive symptoms. The man remains symptom-free for one year and five months after the surgery.

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