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in a 7 year old boy in the region of upper labial
frenum. In this case, the treatment sufficed with the
elimination of the habit of sucking the lesion,
eventually resulting in the eruption of adjacent teeth.
The treatment of oral lipomas, including all the
histological variations, resides with simple surgical
excision. Recurrence is extremely rare. Although the
growth of lipomas is usually limited, they can reach
giant dimensions interfering with speech and
mastication, actually being the main complaints of the
patients, as to why they report to the oral physicians
for consultation and treatment (Wood and Goaz, 1997).
Conclusion
Lipomas have gained little interest in the past and
have largely been ignored in the literature. The
reasons are that most lipomas grow insidiously and
cause few problems other than localized masses.
Approximately 15 -20 % of lipomas occur in the head
and neck region. Among the reported intra-oral lipomas,
50% occur in the buccal mucosa region. Surgical
excision is the ideal treatment with excellent outcome,
however, complete enucleation with wide base
surgical excision should be emphasized as this is the
only key factor to avoid recurrence.
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