Congenital epulis: report of a case.
Congenital epulis of the new-born is a rare tumour, also known as Neumann's tumour described for the first time in 1871. Epulis usually present at birth and it has marked female preponderance of 10:1. Histiogenesis is uncertain, recommended treatment is excision. However as recurrence or damage to future dentition have not been reported, radical excision is not warranted. We reported a case of congenital epulis in a new-born female, with clinic investigations, surgical excision were not performed as it was not indicated for this case.
Marakoglu
Ismail
I
University of Cumhuriyet, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology, Sivas, Turkey.
Gursoy
Ulvi Kahraman
UK
Marakoglu
Kamile
K
D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn