title: Polypoid lipoma of the palatine tonsil.
abstract: A polypoid, pedunculated tumour of the left palatine tonsil was incidentally detected in a 42-year-old female. It was composed of mature fat and was covered by a nonkeratinizing squamous epithelium with an underlying rim of fibrous tissue. The literature on tonsillar lipoma is reviewed and the differential diagnosis of polypoid lesions of the tonsil is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Bégin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frenkiel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*