[Pharyngeal lipoma].
We present a 40-year-old male patient with a lump in the parapharyngeal space protruding in the oro- and hypopharynx and obstructing the airway. Diagnosis lipoma. The pathology is reviewed and the surgical approach is commented upon.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital, Murcia, Spain.
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Hellín Meseguer
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García Ortega
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Merino Gálvez
D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography
Pharyngeal lipoma.