Case Report
Intramuscular Lipoma of Cheek: A Rarity
| S Jayachandran1 and Koijam Sashikumar Singh2* | |
| 1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Tamilnadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | |
| 2Directorate of Medical & Health Services, Government of Manipur, Imphal, Manipur, India | |
| Corresponding Author : | Dr. Koijam Sashikumar Singh MDS, Dental Surgeon Directorate of Medical & Health Services Government of Manipur, Imphal Manipur, India Tel: 8974067254 E-mail: koijamsas@gmail.com |
| Received July 10, 2012; Accepted August 27, 2012; Published August 30, 2012 | |
| Citation: Jayachandran S, Singh KS (2012) Intramuscular Lipoma of Cheek: A Rarity. OMICS J Radiology. 1:108. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000108 | |
| Copyright: © 2012 Jayachandran S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Intramuscular lipomas are uncommon benign mesenchymal tumors which infiltrate skeletal muscle. It is very rarely encountered in head and neck region and often located in limbs. A consistent feature is infiltration with dissociation of the surrounding muscle fibers which makes it difficult to distinguish from well-differentiated liposarcomas. Its recurrence is very high. Imaging such as CT, MRI and ultrasonography gives valuable diagnostic information which seldom requires histopathology for diagnosing these lesions. Here, we report a case of an intramuscular lipoma of the masseter muscle in a 50-year-old male patient who presented with a growing mass in the left cheek. The radiographic imaging features are also discussed.
