Rapidly-growing buccal mass in a 6-month-old infant

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2015 Nov;53(9):888-90. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2015.07.006. Epub 2015 Aug 3.

Abstract

Lipoblastoma and lipoblastomatosis are rare benign tumours of fetal-embryonal adipocytes that usually present in young children, which is why they are not often included in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue lesions in infants. We describe a case of a 6-month-old infant with an intraoral buccal lipoblastoma.

Keywords: Benign oral tumours; Lipoblastoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipocytes
  • Cheek / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lipoma / diagnosis