title: Sialolipoma of the palate: a rare case and review of the literature.
abstract: Sialolipoma is a new variant of salivary gland lipoma, which was first described in 2001. We report a rare case of sialolipoma of the palate, and review another 10 cases affecting the minor salivary gland and 13 affecting the major salivary gland, together with details of the clinical and histopathological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan. okada.hiroyuki@nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akimoto
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.forename: Hirotsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000473:pathology*; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*