title: Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of congenital epulis.
abstract: Congenital epulis is a benign gingival tumor that has rarely been diagnosed prenatally. We report a fetus with congenital epulis diagnosed by ultrasound at 37 weeks' gestation. The mass was diagnosed as originating from the inferior alveolar ridge prenatally. After birth, it was completely removed by simple excision under general anesthesia. Histologic examination revealed a congenital granular cell tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasonography, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated No. 6 Hospital, Yishan Road 600, Shanghai 200233, PR China.
authors.forename: LiXin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*