Abstract
We report the case of a woman in her 40s with spindle cell lipoma positioned in the hard palate. The patient consulted our hospital in July 201X for a detailed examination of a hard palate mass, believing that something was wrong. Her dentist found a palate mass and referred her to our clinic in August. Computed tomography （CT） images showed no destruction of the hard palate. Magnetic resonance images （MRI） showed a well-delineated tumor in the hard palate. The clinical diagnosis was a benign tumor, and tumor extirpation was performed with the patient under local anesthesia. The extirpated masses were white-yellowish and elastic relatively hard tissue. There were no atypical cells or atypical mitosis in the specimens. The pathologic diagnosis was spindle cell lipoma. During 4 years of postoperative follow-up, the patient’s course has been good, without relapse. The specific findings on CT and MRI images well characterized the tumor. The combined use of CT and MRI images was helpful in the diagnosis of spindle cell lipoma.
