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RIBEIRO NETO, Nelson et al. Lipoma of incomun size in inferior lip. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2010, vol.10, n.4, pp. 9-12. ISSN 1808-5210.

Although it happens frequently considerable in other areas of the body, particularly in the backs, abdomen and adults' shoulders, the lipoma is considered a benign mesenquimal neoplasia little frequent when present in the oral cavity, acting about 5% of the buccal tumors. The present paper reports a case of lipoma in inferior lip, of atypical size, in a 40 year-old patient, where the proposed treatment was the biopsy excisional under local anesthesia, being the piece put in physiologic serum the 0,9% and observed flotation of the same. The authors done a briefly literature review and discussion about the subject.

Palavras-chave : Lipoma; Neoplasms; Adipose Tissue; Lipomatosis.