Korean Journal of Bronchoesophagology (대한기관식도과학회지)

The Korean Bronchoesophagological Society (대한기관식도과학회)
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A Case of Lipoma of Palatine Tonsil

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  • 최홍식 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 신승호 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 김한수 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 서용석 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실)
  • Published : 2001.06.01
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Abstract

Lipomas is one of the most common benign neoplasm in the body, but only rarely occurs in the oral cavity We report here a case of a 49-year-old female with a lipoma of palatine tonsil. Microscopical examination revealed a stromal neoplasm composed of mature fat with the presence of a few thin and anastomosing fibrous septa. The surface epithelium was of nonkeratinizing stratified squamous type. There was the dense fibrous connective tissue between mature fat and surface epithelium. The histopathologic findings and literature on tonsillar lipoma is reviewed.

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