Rare case of Intraoral lipoma masquerading as fibroma – case report and literature review

Abstract

Lipomas represent a benign neoplasm of mature adipocytes. It rarely occurs in the oral mucosa, whilst they are very common extraorally especially the upper extremities. They have a 20% prevalence rate in the maxillofacial region, of which 1-4% occur in the oral cavity. When they do occur, they are often asymptomatic, but provide problems during speech, deglutition and ulcerations. Though it presents difficulty in clinical diagnosis. Meticulous investigative protocol should be followed to recognize differential diagnosis of such tumors in the oral cavity