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Tonsillar lipoma: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Hiroshi Harada ,
Shoichi Kashiwagi ,
Minoru Morimatsu ,
Tadamitsu Kameyama  and
Masami Takahashi
Hiroshi Harada*
Affiliation:
Second Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Shoichi Kashiwagi
Affiliation:
Second Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
Minoru Morimatsu
Affiliation:
Second Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
Tadamitsu Kameyama
Affiliation:
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Masami Takahashi
Affiliation:
Dr Takahashi's Office of Laryngology and Otology, Miyazaki, Japan.
*
Dr Hiroshi Harada, Second Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830, Japan. Fax: 81-942-31-0342.
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Abstract

Benign tumours of the tonsils are rare. Only a few cases of tonsillar lipoma have been previously reported. The case of a pedunculated polypoid lipoma of the palatine tonsil in a 44-year-old Japanese woman is presented. The ‘polyp’ was excised and an histopathological examination was carried out. The ‘polyp’ contained dilated lymphatics in the dense fibrous connective tissue beneath the overlying mucosal epithelium and below the mature fat tissue with intervening strands of fibrous tissue.

Keywords

Tonsillar neoplasms; Lipoma
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 7 , July 1995 , pp. 662 - 664
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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