08Oct 2018

LIPOMA OF THE PALATINE TONSILS: A RARE CASE REPORT.

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Lipomata are benign tumours and contains abnormal collection of mature adipocytes. They are one of the most common mesenchymal neoplasms in the body. Being extremely rare in the oropharynx,. Only a few cases of tonsillar lipoma have been reported so far. In this article we report a rare case of lipoma in the palatine tonsil with review of the related literature.

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[Sowmya ghosh, Harindra M N , Jagadish R mallolli, Seema umesh and Tejaswini. (2018); LIPOMA OF THE PALATINE TONSILS: A RARE CASE REPORT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Oct). 711-713] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr Sowmya ghosh
MBBS, DLO, DNB

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/7859      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/7859

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