2017 Volume 63 Issue 5 Pages 247-250
Lipoma is the most common benign tumor of the oral cavity. However, it is extremely rare to encounter chondrolipoma, a histological variant of lipoma that includes mature cartilage tissue in the lipoma. In this article, we describe a case of chondrolipoma arising in the tongue. A 15-year-old girl visited our clinic because of an asymptomatic mass of the tongue. On examination a relatively firm, nonulcerated, yellowish mass 8 mm in diameter was found in the right lateral border of the tongue. The mass was excised with the patient under local anesthesia. Histopathologically, the specimen was composed of mature adipose tissue and cartilaginous tissue surrounded by abundant myxoid and fibrous tissue. There was no cell atypia or mitosis in the specimen. The histopathological diagnosis was chondrolipoma. There was no recurrence during 9 months of follow-up.
