Congenital epulis-a case report.
A full term newborn baby presented at the age of 2 days with a pedunculated mass arising from the mandibular gingiva and having difficulty in feeding. The mass was excised under general anaesthesia. Histopathology proved it to be a case of congenital epulis. The baby is doing well during follow-up one year after surgery.
Department of Pathology, IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.
Madhumita
M
Mukhopadhyay
Pradip Kumar
PK
Mohanta
Biswanath
B
Mukhopadhyay
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn