title: [Retropharyngeal lipoma].
abstract: Although ordinary lipoma is the most common neoplasm of mesenchymal origin, retropharyngeal lipoma is a very rare tumour and only about 20 cases have been reported. We present a further case of this kind and discuss its most important clinical features, diagnosis and treatment. Updated theories on the lipoma's etiology and their evolutive course are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Gran vía, Castellón.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carbonell Sanchís
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pérez Climent
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giménez Vaíllo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lozano Blanco
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014140:Tracheotomy
vernacular_title: Lipoma del espacio retrofaríngeo.