Lipoma - mouth floor

Case contributed by Ammar Haouimi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Painless swelling of the right sublingual region.

Patient Data

Age: 75 years
Gender: Male
mri

Well-encapsulated right sublingual ovoid mass of homogeneous high signal on T1 and T2, attenuated on T1 fat sat sequences with no enhancement on postcontrast sequences.

Motion artifacts are noted.

Case Discussion

MRI features most consistent with lipoma of the mouth floor.

Lipomas of the oral cavity are rare, only a few cases were reported in the literature 1.

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