title: Chondrolipoma of the nasopharynx.
abstract: Lipoma is the commonest soft-tissue tumour arising anywhere in the body, but its occurrence in the nasopharynx is extremely rare. Only four cases in adults have been previously reported in the English literature. We describe a 63-year-old woman with a nasopharyngeal mass that was removed transorally and verified histopathologically as chondrolipoma, that is a lipoma with chondroid metaplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical School, Institute for Medical Science, Chonbuk National University, Korea.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*