Pink lipoma along the ventral tongue: uncommon clinical presentation.
John K Brooks, Arash Rostami, Muhammad J Qazi et al.
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Case in brief
The report describes a patient with a moderately pink lesion along the ventral tongue. The lesion was diagnosed as a lipoma, a mesenchymal lesion composed primarily of mature fat cells. Oral lipomas more commonly arise on the buccal mucosa and typically appear yellow to yellow-pink. The abstract provides no further details about the patient, diagnostic work-up, treatment, or outcome.
What made this case unusual
The lipoma’s ventral tongue location and moderately pink appearance differed from the more typical buccal mucosal site and yellow to yellow-pink hue.
Diagnostic / clinical pearl
A pink ventral tongue lesion can be a lipoma; site and color may differ from the usual oral presentation.