| dc.description.abstract | Lipomas are benign neoplasms affecting many organs of the body with adipose tissue. As a bone central lesion they represent
less than 1% of all lipomas. In the literature lipomas are reported
in different bones : calcaneum, ribs, fibula, phalanges, ulna, frontal
and parietal bone. In the jaws 8 cases have been repofied, most of them representing radiographic findings the clinician
diagnosing cyst or tumor, specially odontogenic tumor. No preference
has been reported for any gender, age or race but the condition appears after the fourth decade. We repof a case of
central lipoma in the mandible with the clinical, radiological and
histopathological findings and discuss its origin. | |
