Oral fibrolipoma beneath complete mandibular denture.
A case of an oral fibrolipoma located beneath a mandibular complete denture in a 65-year-old white woman has been presented. The soft, freely movable, yellow encapsulated mass, covered by thin epithelium with a vascular pattern, measured 15 mm in diameter. The fibrolipoma appeared radiographically as a radiolucent area above the left mandibular ridge. The patient's history disclosed no symptoms of pain, bleeding, or discomfort caused by the mass under the denture. A concave area in the mandibular denture corresponding to the location of the tumor indicated that the previous denture was made over the existing tumor. The mass was excised. Histopathologic examination disclosed benign epithelium overlying adipose tissue divided by connective tissue. The diagnosis was benign fibrolipoma. The healing process was uncomplicated. New dentures were made after healing was complete. There has been no evidence of recurrence.
D000368:Aged; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*