Spindle cell lipoma of the tongue: First case report from the Gulf region and review of the literature

Ahmed Hafez Mousa; Houriah Yasir Nukaly; Rawan Elwalid Ali Mohamed; Nagam AlShehabi; Rabbani Mahmoud Daoud; Abdelrahman Waleed Alsayed; Ramla Mohamed Farah Roble; Nigar Mehtiyeva; Farah Ennab; Temaa Alklani; Islam Khaled

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8080

Spindle cell lipoma of the tongue: First case report from the Gulf region and review of the literature

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Oct 17;11(10):e8080. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8080. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ College of Medicine and Surgery Batterjee Medical College Jeddah Saudi Arabia.
² Department of General Surgery Saudi German Hospitals Jeddah Saudi Arabia.
³ College of Medicine and Surgery International Medical University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
⁴ College of Medicine Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences Dubai United Arab Emirates.
⁵ School of Medicine Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI) Busaiteen Kingdom of Bahrain.
⁶ Ahfad University for Women Omdurman Sudan.
⁷ Tbilisi State Medical University Tbilisi Georgia.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine Damascus University Damascus Syrian Arab Republic.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Suez Canal University Ismailia Egypt.

Abstract

Spindle cell lipoma is a histological variant of oral lipomas. In this report, we present the first case from the Gulf region with the most comprehensive literature review. Clinicians should consider rare tumors in the differential diagnoses of oral masses.

Keywords: lingual tumor; oral cavity lesion; spindle cell lipoma; tongue lipoma.

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Case Reports