title: Congenital eruption cyst: a case report.
abstract: Congenital pathologies are those existing at or dating from birth. Occurrence of congenital cystic lesions in the oral cavity is uncommon in neonates. Eruption cyst (EC) is listed among these unusual lesions. It occurs within the mucosa overlying teeth that are about to erupt and, according to the current World Health Organization (WHO) classification of epithelial cysts of the jaws, EC is a separate entity. This paper presents a case of congenital EC successfully managed by close monitoring of the lesion, without any surgical procedure or tooth extraction. Eruption of the teeth involved, primary central incisors, occurred at the fourth month of age. During this time neither the child nor mother had any complication such as pain on sucking, refusal to feed, airway obstruction, or aspiration of fluids or teeth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Zacamil's Nacional Hospital, San Salvador, El Salvador.
authors.forename: Ramón Manuel
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Alemán Navas
authors.forename: María Guadalupe
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Martínez Mendoza
authors.forename: Mário Roberto
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Leonardo
authors.forename: Raquel Assed Bezerra da
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Henry W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: Helen Piccolo
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Herrera
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014078:Tooth Eruption