1984 Volume 30 Issue 4 Pages 494-497
Lipoma may occur everywhere adipose tissue exists, but is rarely found in the oral region. In this region, the buccal mucosa tongue, oral fundus, alveolar gingiva, palate, lips and mental region are frequently affected. We recently experienced a case of lipoma arising from the submucosal region of the mucobuccal junction which corresponded to the right mandibular molars. The clinical couse is described in this paper together with the result of retrospective study on 125 lipoma so far treated in our department during the period from 1960 to 1983. Age, sex and site involved ditributions were analysed. From these analyses, it was suggested that lipomas in the oral cavity may occur more frequently in females than in males and in those more than 40 years old.
