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| Year : 2010 |
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Congenital epulis
Bukola F Adeyemi1, Abideen O Oluwasola2, Akinyele O Adisa1
1 Department of Oral Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
2 Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Bukola F Adeyemi
Department of Oral Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
Nigeria
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.66638 PMID: 20657103
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Congenital epulis of the newborn is a very rare and unique tumor first described in 1871 by Neuman. It has a female predilection. It is a tumor with no tendency to recur after excision. The histogenesis of the lesion is unknown, but it is believed to be of mesenchymal origin. We report a 2-day-old female with tumor mass on the anterior mandibular alveolar ridge, which demonstrated immunoreactivity for vimentin, S-100 and neuron-specific enolase; thus, suggesting a similar histogenesis with granular cell tumor. |
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