title: Palatal lipoma: a case report.
abstract: Intraoral lipomas are benign mesenchymal neoplasms that originate in mature adipose cells with differential diagnosis of other soft tissue lesions. Lipoma, rarely, occurs in the oral cavity, and it corresponds to less than 4.4%, of all benign oral soft tissue tumors. Here, we are reporting a case of lipoma that occurred in the hard palate, which is extremely rare.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, St. Joseph Dental College & Hospital, Duggirala, Eluru , Andhra Pradesh-534004, India .
authors.forename: Sreenivasulu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pattipati
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences , Sreepuram, Narketpally, Nalgonda-508254, India .
authors.forename: M Naveen
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Santhiram Medical College & Hospital , Nandyal, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India .
authors.lastname: Ramadevi
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, St. Joseph Dental College & Hospital , Duggirala, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh-534004, India .
authors.forename: B Praveen
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Adipocytes; benign tumor; hard palate; lipoma