Sialolipoma of the palate: a rare case and review of the literature.
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.
Okada
Hiroyuki
H
Department of Oral Pathology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan. okada.hiroyuki@nihon-u.ac.jp
Yokoyama
Megumi
M
Hara
Masahiro
M
Akimoto
Yoshiaki
Y
Kaneda
Takashi
T
Yamamoto
Hirotsugu
H
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*