tps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2020.11. 91-7902/a 2020 Association for Denta e CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creati Lipomas rarely arise in the oral cavity. Oral fibrolipoma is a histological variant of lipoma that mainly affects the… Click to show full abstract
tps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2020.11. 91-7902/a 2020 Association for Denta e CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creati Lipomas rarely arise in the oral cavity. Oral fibrolipoma is a histological variant of lipoma that mainly affects the buccal mucosa and the tongue. Previously, we reported a spindle cell lipoma at the tongue and a fibrolipoma at the left buccal mucosa. The spindle cell lipoma or fibrolipoma we reported is a solitary tumor. Here, we presented bilateral fibrolipomas at both lower retromolar pads of a 53-year-old female patient. This 53-year-old female patient came to a private dental clinic for treatment of two soft tissue masses at the bilateral lower retromolar pads. The two soft tissue tumors were often irritated by the bilateral maxillary third molars and this caused pain and inflammation at the bilateral lower retromolar pad areas. Thus, the patient wanted to solve this problem. Intraoral examination revealed two pink, elastic, and protruding masses measuring approximately 0.8 0.5 0.4 cm for the right side tumor and 0.9 0.6 0.5 for the left side tumor. These two tumors were covered by intact oral mucosa. Because these two tumors were pink and elastic, the clinical diagnoses were both fibromas. After discussing with the patient and obtaining the signed informed consent, the two tumors were excised under local anesthesia and the tissue specimens were sent for histopathological examination. Microscopically, both tumors were similar and showed lobules of
               
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