• Salima Mansoor, Nausheen Yaqoob, Anila Haneef, Sunder Sham, and Asif Ali Arain.
• Department of Histopathology, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
• J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2022 Jun 1; 32 (6): 814-816.

AbstractLipomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that comprise almost one-half of all soft tissue tumors. Lipomas can occur at any site where fat cells are present but are rare in the oral cavity, especially the tongue, which is a very rare site. Lipoma has several variants. Fibrolipoma is a rare variant and accounts for 25-40% of lipomas of the tongue. In only 14 cases, the diagnosis of fibrolipoma has been made histologically. Most cases of lipomas occur above 40 years of age. Herein, we report a case of fibrolipoma of the tongue in a young female of 18 years. The patient presented with complaint of swelling on the dorsum of the tongue for 8 years. The swelling was surgically excised and microscopically a diagnosis of fibrolipoma was made. In conclusion, oral lipomas especially lingual lipomas are a rare entity. Although oral lipomas mostly occur above 40 years of age, they can occur at a younger age. Key Words: Fibrolipoma, Tongue, Histopathology.

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