title: Three cases of palatal polyps in infants.
abstract: Fibrous lesions are common in the oral cavity, however, in infants they are rarely reported. We present three cases of palatal polyps in infants aged 2 days, 3 months and 7 months. In two cases, the treatment was surgical removal and in one case the polyp decreased in size and surgical removal was not required. In two infants, the diagnosis was confirmed histologically as fibroepithelial hyperplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics, Dental Hospital, School of Dentistry, Niigata University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018225:Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial / Q000473:pathology*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology*