Huge lipoma of soft palate: A common disease at an uncommon anatomi-cal site

Lipoma is a common benign tumor com-posed of adipose tissue. Its incidence in head and neck region is 20%. However, involvement of oral cavity and moreover pal-ate is extremely rare. Usually asymptomatic, it produces symptoms when huge. We pre-sent one such rare case of huge oral lipoma located in palate and extending to tonsillar fossa.