title: Osteolipoma of the palate: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Oral lipomas, though rare, predominantly affect the buccal mucosa, tongue, and lips. The occurrence of lipomas in the palate is extremely rare. Osteolipoma is a very rare histological variant of lipoma accounting for less than 1% of all cases. Although a few cases involving the soft palate have been reported, there is only one reported case of osteolipoma of the hard palate in the English-language literature and it was a congenital osteolipoma associated with a cleft palate in a 6-year-old male child. This paper aims to describe an additional case uniquely located in the hard palate of an adult female.
authors.affiliation: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. kenad@justice.com
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Adebiyi
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Ugboko
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Maaji
authors.forename: Gtu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ndubuizu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome