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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2012; 22(04): 358-360
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.111491
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Neural fibrolipoma in pharyngeal mucosal space: A rare occurrence

Nishith Kumar
Department of Radio-Diagnosis, VM Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
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M K Mittal
Department of Radio-Diagnosis, VM Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
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Mukul Sinha
Department of Radio-Diagnosis, VM Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
,
B B Thukral
Department of Radio-Diagnosis, VM Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
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Abstract

Neural fibrolipoma is a rare lesion presenting in early childhood, as a slow-growing fusiform swelling of a nerve, usually in the forearm or wrist (median nerve), associated with symptoms of compression neuropathy. There are only few case reports of neural fibrolipoma in neck and no such case has been reported in pharyngeal mucosal space.

Keywords

Fibroma - head and neck neoplasm - lipoma


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Article published online:
04 October 2021

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