Commonly known as adipose or fatty tumor, a lipoma is a very common in adults but seldom occurring in children, benign, slowly growing adipose tissue neoformation. Mostly found in the subcutis of the limbs or the truncus, it appears also, but rather rarely, in the oral region (then preferring the buccal mucosa).
A lipoma presents itself as an asymptomatic, well-circumscribed, fluctuating, yellowish mass of mature fat cells. If the tumor grows to a size that causes problems in terms of mastication, speech or aesthetic reasons, excision is the treatment of choice.
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