title: [Benign symmetrical lipomatosis of the tongue].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lipomatosis of the tongue is rarely observed.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 85-year-old man with chronic alcoholism presented several symmetrical lipomas of the tongue with no other clinical manifestations. There was no capsule at the histology examination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The multiple and symmetrical nature of the lesion without a capsule led to the diagnosis of benign symmetrical lipomatosis of the tongue, the fourth case reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, CHU Trousseau, Tours.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Viguier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Muret
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huttenberger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pruvost
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lorette
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Lipomatose bénigne symétrique de la langue.