Treating multiple congenital epulides in a newborn.
This article presents the case of a two-day-old girl with benign multiple epulides on both the maxillary and the mandibular alveolar ridges. The condition is rare; furthermore, it usually appears as solitary lesions. The authors describe the histopathology of epulides, detail the surgical procedures used for the condition and review the pertinent literature.
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Department of Dentistry, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, N.Y. 11355, USA.
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D005260:Female; D015726:Giant Cells; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008334:Mandible; D008437:Maxilla