title: Solitary congenital granular cell lesion of the tongue.
abstract: Congenital granular cell lesion (CGCL) is well known to appear as the congenital epulis, predominantly on the median maxillary alveolar ridge. This lesion rarely occurs on the tongue, and only 7 cases, including 4 cases with simultaneous occurrence on the alveolar ridge, have been reported in the English literature. In this report, we report a case of congenital granular cell lesion seen on the tongue. The patient was a 7-day-old Japanese girl who presented with a polypoid mass on the anterior ventral surface near the tip of the tongue. The lesion was excised at 4 months, and its histological examination revealed large granular cells. Immunochemical staining by S-100 was negative, and it was diagnosed as congenital granular cell lesion.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senoo
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Mitsunobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kishino
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Namba
authors.forename: Tomonao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aikawa
authors.forename: Mikihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kogo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery