Lipoma of the palatine tonsil.
Lipomas are benign tumors composed of mature fat cells. They occur frequently in subcutaneous tissue but rarely in the upper aerodigestive tract. Tonsillar lipomas are rare. To our knowledge, there are only six documented cases in the English literature. Here, we present the case of a 46-year-old Taiwanese female with a submerged oval yellowish mass in her left palatine tonsil. She received tonsillectomy and the pathologic diagnosis was tonsillar lipoma. The clinical presentation, management and literature review are also presented.
Wang
Ching-Ping
CP
Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Kwan
Po-Cheung
PC
Ho
Ching-Yin
CY
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014066:Palatine Tonsil; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*