Lipoma is a benign tumor derived from nonepithelial origin and may occur almost anywhere on the body. In the oral cavity, however, lipoma is a relatively rare tumor.
In this report, 30 cases of lipomas treated in our department during past 24 years are reviewed.
1) The incidence of lipoma in our department is 4.1% of all benign tumor. Salivary gland tumors and epulis are excluded in this report.
2) 16 patients were male and 14 female.
3) Age ranged from 47-day-old baby to an 82-year-old man; mean age was 47.9 years.
4) 11 cases were in the buccal mucosa, 4 in the mucogingival junction, 3 in the retromolar pad, 3 in the tongue, etc.
5) Tumor size ranged fron 5×5mm to 50×50×40mm in the oral cavity, and from 25×25mm to 80×50mm out of the oral cavity.
6) 24 tumors were histologically diagnosed as lipoma, 5 as fibrolipoma, and 1 as angiomyolipoma.
